- Date
- August 4, 1983, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ligonier, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N330DPiper PA-32-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830804069949A
- Case key
- 12292
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Overrun
Distance - misjudgedCause
Airspeed - misjudgedCause
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - wetFactor
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - ditchFactor
Analysis
The plt report that when he landed on a wet, grass rwy, the acft slid off the wet sod & hit a ditch while on the landing roll. No mechanical malfunctions were reported.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N330D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-7740106
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1G5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Craig D. Bower
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 24, 1983
- Departed
- C03 · Nappanee, IN
- Airport
- IN89 · Ligonier
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,168 total · 755 in this make and model · 38 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,300 ft broken
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FWA, 35 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.