# NTSB CHI88LA114: Piper PA-22-135, N8800C, Charlotte, MI, May 16, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 16, 1988, 11:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place: Charlotte, MI
- Coordinates: 42.559764, -84.829803 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5598&lon=-84.8298&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 28, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14076
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI88LA114
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14076/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88LA114

## 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
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - rudder - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8800C-2013-06-27), registration cancelled 2013-06-27, S/N 22-1412, built 1953 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-22-135
- Registry model: [Piper PA-22](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22) (registry code 7102202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-290 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (registry code 41506, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 22-1412
- Airframe hours: 3303
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880516015199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880516015199A), May 16, 1988: Piper PA22135, Charlotte, MI, Substantial damage. Lost directional control on landing. Veered off runway, hit a furrow and nosed over.

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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