- Date
- August 12, 1984, 17:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Manchester, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3573CPiper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840812039889A
- Case key
- 12731
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The accident occurred when the pilot was flying low on a fly-by for photographs. Adjusting her seat, the passenger hit the control yoke, the aircraft pitched down and collided with a tree. The pilot recovered control and completed a safe landing at an airport 15 miles away. The outboard 4 feet of the left wing had been torn off.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3573C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-8016187
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Michael P. Kelly
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- FGX · Flemingsburg, KY
- Destination
- GEOQ · Georgetown, OH
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 64 total · 30 in this make and model · 47 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 45° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 84 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.