- Date
- October 7, 1989, 14:40 local (18:40 UTC)
- Place
- Toledo, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6306WPiper PA-28
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891007043879A
- Case key
- 14573
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain directional control, which resulted in a ground swerve. Factors related to the accident were: the crosswind and the pilot's improper compensation for wind condition.
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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - improperFactor
Go-around - attempted
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertentCause
Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6306W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-20350
- Airframe hours
- 1,778
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Hagmaier, Rodger A.
- Registered owner
- Hagmaier, Rodger A
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 16, 1989 · 27 hours before
- Departed
- CAK · Akron, OH
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- TOL · Toledo Express, runway 25, 8,699 × 150 ft, asphalt
N6306WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 61 total · 14 in this make and model · 22 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TOL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.