# NTSB CHI84LA229: Piper PA-28-140, N95478, Wauseon, OH, June 10, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 10, 1984, 10:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place: Wauseon, OH
- Coordinates: 41.550357, -84.13916 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5504&lon=-84.1392&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12643
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84LA229
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12643/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA229

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water collision with object, taxi - to takeoff
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
  - clearance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

WHILE TAXIING ON THE S0D FOR TAKEOFF, THE LEFT WING HIT A TREE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N95478](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N95478-1995-01-31), registration cancelled 1995-01-31, S/N 2825987 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-140
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-140](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (registry code 7102802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-25987
- Airframe hours: 4500
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E2A 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Paul R. Atwood, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, January 3, 1984, 4,500 hours before
- Destination: 3NP, NAPOLEON, MI
- Airport: 64D, Exit 3

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 53; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 317 total, 270 in this make and model, 275 as pilot in command, 12 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 230° at 20 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 19840610023679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840610023679A), Jun 10, 1984: Piper PA28140, Wauseon, OH, Substantial damage. Aircraft collided with tree during taxi out for takeoof.

## Other investigations on N95478 (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 CHI93LA275](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI93LA275), Jul 24, 1993: Piper PA-28-140 (N95478), Sparta, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: the separation of the rear landing light gasket into the air induction path.

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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