- Date
- August 14, 2000, 17:14 local (21:14 UTC)
- Place
- Columbus, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2968ZPiper PA-22-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 2, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20000814036669A
- Case key
- 51285
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot bounced the landing. Full rudder deflection did not prevent the airplane from veering off the runway, and onto a grassy area during the subsequent landing roll. Once off the runway, the airplane ground looped. Winds, recorded at the airport approximately 20 minutes before the accident, were calm.
Factual narrative
On August 14, 2000, at 1714 Eastern Daylight Time, a Piper PA-22-150, N2968Z, was substantially damaged when it ground looped at Bolton Field (TZR), Columbus, Ohio. The certificated private pilot was not injured, and visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. No flight plan had been filed for the local flight, conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.
According to a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector, the accident occurred on Runway 22.
The pilot reported that he bounced the landing, and that the airplane turned into the wind. Full rudder deflection could not prevent the airplane from veering off the runway. Once off the runway, and onto a grassy area, the airplane ground looped.
Winds, recorded at the airport approximately 20 minutes before the accident, were calm.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2968Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-6943
- Airframe hours
- 2,030
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Luke J. Polczinski
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 22, 2000 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- TZR
- Airport
- TZR · Bolton Field, runway 22, 5,199 × 100 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 611 total · 12 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TZR
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 N2968Z · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.