# NTSB CHI84LA379: Piper PA-28-161, N82926, New Point, IN, September 2, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 2, 1984, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: New Point, IN
- Coordinates: 39.309925, -85.330726 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3099&lon=-85.3307&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12764
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84LA379
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12764/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA379

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - compensation for wind conditions - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - crop

## Analysis

FOLLOWING A CROSSWIND LANDING ON A NARROW RUNWAY BORDERED BY A CORN CROP ON BOTH SIDES, THE ACFT ROLLED INTO AN AREA WHERE THE X-WIND WAS BLOCKED BY THE CORN. THE PLT FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, CAUGHT A WING TIP IN THE HIGH CORN AND VERRED OFF THE RWY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N82926](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N82926-2015-02-06), registration cancelled 2015-02-06, S/N 28-8116080, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-161
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-161](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (registry code 7102803) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-8116080
- Airframe hours: 1955
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-D3G 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Tms Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, July 25, 1984, 90 hours before
- Departed: I67, HARRISON, OH
- Airport: 713, Puttmann, runway 27, 2,570 × 100 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 30; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 91 total, 4 in this make and model, 36 as pilot in command, 21 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 220° at 10 knots, gusting 12
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F

## 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 19840902046829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840902046829A), Sep 2, 1984: Piper PA28161, New Point, IN, Substantial damage. Allowed aircrafts wing to catch on tall corn bordering the runway on the landing roll. Blamed a crosswind.

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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