- Date
- September 30, 1988, 21:24 local (Oct 1, 1988, 01:24 UTC)
- Place
- Columbus, OH
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N14HRPiper PA-60-601P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880930042399A
- Case key
- 13976
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Probable cause
Aerodynamically stalled lifting surface causing an uncommanded pitch over at an altitude too low to affect a recovery.
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.
Miscellaneous/other
Door - not securedFactor
Aircraft preflight - inadequateCause
Loss of control - in flight
Door - openCause
Aircraft control - not maintainedCause
Anxiety/apprehensionFactor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - ground
Aircraft
- Registration
- N14HR
- Reported as
- Piper PA-60-601P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 61P-0479-193
- Airframe hours
- 3,075
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-51A5, 290 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert Holbert, doing business as Executive Aircraft Leasing
- Registered owner
- Robert Hollbert
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 22, 1988 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- OSU · Columbus, OH
- Destination
- N88 · Doylestown, PA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- Ohio State University, runway 9R, 5,000 × 100 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,802 total · 1,315 as pilot in command · 44 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 170° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OSU, 1 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.
Other investigations on N14HR · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.