- Date
- March 26, 1985, 14:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place
- Clearfield, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N55369Piper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850326071469A
- Case key
- 35850
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft veered off the rwy and collided with a drainage ditch during touchdown. The plt stated that during the apch to the arpt, the acft flew over a coal stripping mine which produced turbulence and resulted in a touchdown without proper alignment with the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55369
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7305368
- Airframe hours
- 3,829
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ray Hylan-School Of Aero-
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 16, 1985 · 36 hours before
- Departed
- ROC · Rochester, NY
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- N97 · Clearfield, runway 30, 3,500 × 75 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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 131 total · 18 in this make and model · 49 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 23 °F, dew point 16 °F
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 N55369 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.