- Date
- June 13, 1987, 17:30 local (Jun 14, 1987, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Odessa, WA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5458WPiper PA-28-160
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 5, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870613020389A
- Case key
- 40641
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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.
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Terrain condition - ditchFactor
Nose over
Nose over
Analysis
During landing roll on a dirt road, the aircraft drifted to the side, encountered the shoulder ditch and flipped over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5458W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-160
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28 537
- Airframe hours
- 3,348
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Larry Zagelow, doing business as Zagelow-Bar Z Ranches
- Registered owner
- Larry Zagelow
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 26, 1986
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 170 total · 130 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °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 N5458W · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.