- Date
- September 27, 1988, 21:05 local (Sep 28, 1988, 01:05 UTC)
- Place
- Akron, OH
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N8322CPiper PA-32-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880927041299A
- Case key
- 14167
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
On taxiing in from landing on a dark night, the pilot inadvertently taxied off the pavement onto a grassy area. When he realized that he was off the pavement he made an attempt to return to the pavement and encountered a 20' hole. The main gear sank into the hole and the wing struck the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8322C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32R-7680093
- Airframe hours
- 4,039
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1A5D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Riegel, Ted & Cockburn, Robt., doing business as Riegel Air
- Registered owner
- Riegel, Ted & Cockburn, Robert
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 12, 1988 · 94 hours before
- Departed
- CMH · Columbus, OH
- Destination
- CAK · Akron, OH
- Airport
- CAK · Akron-Carton, runway 19, 6,397 × 150 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
- 23
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 261 total · 42 in the last 90 days · 19 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 180° at 16 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CAK
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 N8322C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.