- Date
- November 20, 1983, 10:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place
- Norwalk, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6159PPiper PA-24-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831120058249A
- Case key
- 12499
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Analysis
The acft made a hard landing while on a cross-country flt. The plt stated that he encountered turbulence below 3000 ft MSL. During the he encountered wind shear which caused him to drop 40 ft onto the rwy. The acft manual states that 'in high wind conditions and crosswinds it may be desirable to approach the ground at higher than normal speed with partial or no flaps.' He made this approach using full flaps. About a half hour after the accident cleveland reported a frontal passage with winds from 170 degrees at 20 KTS gusting to 30 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6159P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-160
- Airframe hours
- 3,250
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Joseph A. Wilhelm
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 24, 1983
- Departed
- 8G4 · Pittsburg, PA
- Airport
- OH21 · Huron Company, runway 9, 3,950 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,053 total · 803 in this make and model · 853 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 20 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CLE, 33 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.
Other investigations on N6159P · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.