# NTSB CHI84LA003: Piper PA-12, N4461M, East Liverpool, OH, October 1, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 1, 1983, 11:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place: East Liverpool, OH
- Location: 40.6330° N, 80.5674° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of East Liverpool, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6330&lon=-80.5674&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): 12462
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84LA003
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12462/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA003

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - brakes(normal) - not used, pilot in command (cause)
  - control interference - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
- Main gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,main gear - overload

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT WHILE LANDING ON A DOWNHILL GRASS STRIP HE TOUCHED DOWN LONG. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO APPLY BRAKES, THE HEEL OF HIS BOOT GOT CAUGHT UNDER THE RUDDER PEDAL & HE WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE ACFT BEFORE IT WENT OFF THE END OF THE STRIP DOWN A STEEP HILL.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4461M](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4461M), registered now, S/N 12-3414, built 1947 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-12
- Registry model: [Piper PA-12](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (registry code 7101202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Airframe hours: 1892
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Willard Hall
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 9, 1983
- Departed: Z92, STEUBENVILLE, OH
- Airport: 0G2, Columbiana, runway 24, 4,000 × 50 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 59; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 3,200 total, 200 in this make and model, 3,100 as pilot in command, 15 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 64 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## 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 19831001052719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831001052719A), Oct 1, 1983: Piper PA12, Steubenville, OH, Substantial damage. Pilot made landing downhill and touched down long, his heel caught under rudder pedal and aircraft ran off runway.

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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