- Date
- February 24, 1984, 21:22 local (Feb 25, 1984, 02:22 UTC)
- Place
- Lima, OH
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N30026Piper PA-32RT-300
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840224004629A
- Case key
- 12553
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Analysis
Heavy wet snow was falling on the day of the accident. The plt reported that he cleared snow off the wings of the acft, but not off the horizontal surface of the t-tail. Also he reported, a considerable amount of slush remained on the rwy which was thrown up over the acft during the takeoff roll. After taking off, the plt was able to climb to 1100 ft MSL. The airspeed dropped to 60 KTS & the landing gear automatically extended. Using his instruments, he kept the wings level & crash landed in a farm field. The plt reported the wx was 1300 ft ceiling, visibility 1/2 mi with snow, wind was from 020 degs at 11 KTS. Aprx 25 mi northeast of findlay, OH, the 2055 EST wx was 800 ft broken, visibility 4 mi with for & rain, wind from 020 degs at 14 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30026
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32RT-300 (PA-32RT-30)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32R-7885271
- Airframe hours
- 1,450
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1G5B, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Earl S. Perrigo, M.D.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 24, 1983 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- AOH · Lima, OH
- Destination
- 5G9 · Toledo, OH
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 695 total · 328 in this make and model · 516 as pilot in command · 47 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 20° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 800 ft broken
- Temperature
- 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FDY, 25 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.