- Date
- June 12, 2019, 22:10 local (Jun 13, 2019, 02:10 UTC)
- Place
- Cambridge, OH
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8300PPiper PA24
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Status
- Completed · report August 17, 2020
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20190612006799A
- Case key
- 99628
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing, and his subsequent loss of directional control, which resulted in impact with a creek.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that the airplane landed hard, veered left, and exited the runway. The airplane then impacted terrain and came to rest in a creek. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that, the airplane landed hard, veered left and exited the runway to the left. The airplane impacted terrain and came to rest in a creek adjacent to the runway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8300P
- Reported as
- Piper PA24 (250)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-3549
- Built
- 1963
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540 SERIES, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- CDW · Caldwell, NJ
- Destination
- MWO · Middletown, OH
- Airport
- CDI · Cambridge Muni, runway 22, 4,298 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Unknown
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
- 56
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.84 inHg
- Observed at
- KCDI
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 5, 2020, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 305 KB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.