- Date
- January 11, 1986, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Mount Gilead, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N3003ZPiper PA-22-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860111034419A
- Case key
- 13403
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Nose over
Compensation for wind conditions - poorCause
Aircraft handling - improperCause
Flt control syst,elevator control - improperCause
Flt control syst,aileron control - improperCause
Analysis
According to the arpt manager, the plt was taxiing down the active in gusty wind conditions at a fairly rapid rate of speed. As the plt turned into the run-up pad area the acft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3003Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 226954
- Airframe hours
- 3,031
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-B2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kevin R. Cochran
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 14, 1985
- Departed
- 419M · Mount Gilead, OH
- Destination
- PVT · Columbus, OH
- Airport
- 419 · Morrow County, runway 27, 3,500 × 65 ft, asphalt
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 288 total · 40 in this make and model · 250 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MFD, 22 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.