# NTSB CHI83LA249: Piper PA28-181, N28906, Plain City, OH, June 8, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 8, 1983, 19:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place: Plain City, OH
- Coordinates: 40.099365, -83.269248 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0994&lon=-83.2692&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12205
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA249
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12205/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA249

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - light condition - sunglare (contributing factor)
  - proper touchdown point - exceeded, dual student (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - remedial action - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - utility pole (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH POLES AFTER OVERRUNNING THE RWY DURING A LANDING ON A TRAINING FLT. THE APPROACH WAS MADE INTO THE SUN ON RWY 28. THE CFI SAID THAT BY THE TIME HE SAW THE LANDING WAS LONG IT WAS TOO LATE TO GO-AROUND. THE ACFT RAN OFF THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RWY COLLIDED WITH TELEPHONE POLES LAID HORIZONTALLY ON THE GROUND AND SLID TO A STOP IN A PARKING LOT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N28906 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28-181
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 287990428
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-A4M 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Wing Leasing, Incorporated
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 23, 1983
- Departed: OSU, COLUMBUS, OH
- Airport: 281, Plain City, runway 28, 2,150 × 100 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; flight instructor, airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: right; flight hours: 3,303 total, 248 in this make and model, 3,093 as pilot in command, 98 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none

## 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 19830608023539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830608023539A), Jun 8, 1983: Piper PA28181, Plain City, OH, Substantial damage. Instructor and student made landing too FAR down runway. Aircraft went off runway and crashed into parking lot.

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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