- Date
- May 16, 1988, 11:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Charlotte, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8800CPiper PA-22-135
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880516015199A
- Case key
- 14076
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During touchdown in a slight right crosswind, the student pilot inappropriately applied right rudder pressure. The aircraft yawed to the right and left the sod runway, veering into a plowed field. The aircraft struck a furrow and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8800C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-135
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-1412
- Airframe hours
- 3,303
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D2, 135 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jerry A. Combs & Combs Ins.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 31, 1987 · 55 hours before
- Departed
- USE · Wauseon, OH
- Destination
- 07G · Charlotte, MI
- Airport
- 07G · Charlotte, runway 24, 1,950 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 55 total · 35 in this make and model · 24 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAN, 17 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.