# NTSB CHI84LA070: Piper PA-28-181, N4506W, Hebron, OH, December 31, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 31, 1983, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Hebron, OH
- Coordinates: 39.960754, -82.490821 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9608&lon=-82.4908&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): 12513
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84LA070
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12513/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA070

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - icy (contributing factor)
  - brakes(normal) - delayed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - high obstruction(s) (contributing factor)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - high vegetation (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PLT REPORTED THAT WHEN HE LANDED ON AN ICE COVERED RWY, HE DELAYED USING BRAKES. WHEN HE DID USE THE BRAKES, HE WAS UNABLE TO DECELERATE SUFFICIENTLY. HE ELECTED NOT TO ATTEMPT A GO-AROUND, SINCE THERE WERE TALL TREES NEAR THE END OF THE RWY. THE ACFT WENT OFF THE END OF THE RWY, CONTINUED THRU SOME SMALL TREES & STOPPED IN A FROZEN CREEK.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4506W](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4506W-2016-04-14), registration cancelled 2016-04-14, S/N 28-8090028, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-181](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (registry code 7102807) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-8090028
- Airframe hours: 1141
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-A4M 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Norman E. Stout
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 28, 1983, 68 hours before
- Airport: 319, Buckeye Executive, runway 36, 2,780 × 25 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 61; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 542 total, 84 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 45° at 5 knots
- 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 19831231064419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831231064419A), Dec 31, 1983: Piper PA28181, Hebron, OH, Substantial damage. Pilot could not stop aircraft from sliding off end of runway and crashing into trees.

## Other investigations on N4506W (1)

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.

- [NTSB ERA14LA227](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14LA227), May 7, 2014: Piper PA-28-181 (N4506W), Covington, TN, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper preflight and in-flight fuel planning, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a subsequent total loss of engine power over unsuitable terrain.

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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