# NTSB SEA87LA116: Piper PA-28-160, N5458W, Odessa, WA, June 14, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 13, 1987, 17:30 local (Jun 14, 1987, 00:30 UTC)
- Place: Odessa, WA
- Coordinates: 47.340892, -118.66053 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.3409&lon=-118.6605&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 5, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40641
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA87LA116
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40641/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA87LA116

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll
- Nose over, other

## Analysis

DURING LANDING ROLL ON A DIRT ROAD, THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED TO THE SIDE, ENCOUNTERED THE SHOULDER DITCH AND FLIPPED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5458W](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5458W-1989-09-06), registration cancelled 1989-09-06, S/N 28537 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-160
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-160](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-160) (registry code 7102806) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28 537
- Airframe hours: 3348
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 30; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870613020389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870613020389A), Jun 13, 1987: Piper PA28160, Odessa, WA, Substantial damage. The aircraft nosed over during a landing on a rural road. The farmer pilot was surveying crops.

## Other investigations on N5458W (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 SEA72DYG47](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA72DYG47-166635), May 21, 1972: Piper PA-28 (N5458W), Dusty, WA, substantial damage

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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