# NTSB CHI82DA338: Piper PA-28140C, N5692U, Medina, OH, September 4, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: September 4, 1982, 17:35 local (21:35 UTC)
- Place: Medina, OH
- Location: 41.1346° N, 81.8695° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Medina, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1346&lon=-81.8695&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report September 4, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71651
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI82DA338
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71651/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA338

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - ground loop/swerve - not corrected, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - flight controls - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - initiated, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with object, go-around (vfr)
  - object - wire,transmission (contributing factor)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - residence (contributing factor)

## Analysis

AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN A GENTLE VEER TO THE RIGHT AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY SURFACE APPROXIMATELY MIDWAY DOWN THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT DECIDED TO EXECUTE A GO-AROUND. A WITNESS STATED THAT N5692U BEGAN A RIGHT TURN "WITHIN 10 SECONDS OF BEING AIRBORNE" AND THAT THE TURN STEEPENED INTO A STEEP BANK AT WHICH TIME THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED A "STALL-SPIN". THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK POWERLINES AND A RESIDENCE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5692U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5692U-2014-12-18), registration cancelled 2014-12-18, S/N 28-26489, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28140C
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-140](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (registry code 7102802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-26489
- Airframe hours: 4881
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E2A 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Jennifer K. Dutt Haynes
- Registered owner: Jennifer K. Dutt Haynes
- Departed: TIFFIN, OH
- Destination: MEDINA, OH
- Airport: 1G5, Freedom Field, runway 36, 2,033 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 230 total, 100 in this make and model, 180 as pilot in command, 54 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 10° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Temperature: 153 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: CLE, 12 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820904043989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820904043989A), Sep 4, 1982: Piper PA28140, Medina, OH, Destroyed. Lost control and airspeed on attempted go-around. Aircraft struck wires off runway alignment,crashed and burned.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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