# NTSB NYC90DEI03: Piper PA28-180, N7965W, Elkhorn Lake, OH, September 24, 1990

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: September 24, 1990, 10:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place: Elkhorn Lake, OH
- Coordinates: 41.570159, -83.649085 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5702&lon=-83.6491&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 8, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 36488
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC90DEI03
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/36488/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC90DEI03

## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S IMPROPER DECISION TO LAND ON A SHORT, WET GRASS STRIP. A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR WAS THE WET GRASS.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - grass (contributing factor)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - wet (contributing factor)
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - berm

## Analysis

THE PILOT LANDED ON A WET SOD RUNWAY 1,600 FEET LONG. AND WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE AIRPLANE BEFORE THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE SKIDDED OFF THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK AN EMBANKMENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7965W](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7965W-1999-06-29), registration cancelled 1999-06-29, S/N 28-2015 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28-180
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-180](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (registry code 7102808) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-2015
- Airframe hours: 2178
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-A3A 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Thomas H. Criqui
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 18, 1990, 32 hours before
- Departed: FZI, FOSTORIA, OH
- Airport: 4D3, Elkhorn Lake, runway 9, 1,600 × 50 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; flight engineer, commercial, flight instructor, airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 9,500 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 4,300 as pilot in command, 80 in the last 90 days, 41 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 52 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: MFD, 18 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19900924052119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900924052119A), Sep 24, 1990: Piper PA28180, Bucyrus, OH, Substantial damage. Landed downwind on short wet grass runway. Ran off end into an embankment.

## Other investigations on N7965W (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI98LA338](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA338), Sep 11, 1998: Piper PA-28-180 (N7965W), Int'L Falls, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: inaccurate preflight planning which resulted in an insufficient fuel supply and the subsequent fuel exhaustion. A factor associated with the accident was the tree which the airplane contacted during…

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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