ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 358936
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| Date: | Wednesday 31 May 1995 |
| Time: | 14:00 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-161 |
| Owner/operator: | Griffing Flying Service, Inc. |
| Registration: | N8115L |
| MSN: | 28-8016119 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4959 hours |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING O-320-D3G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Bluffton, OH -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Sandusky, OH (KSKY) |
| (5G7) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE STUDENT PILOT REPORTED HIS FINAL APPROACH SPEED WAS, 'A LITTLE FAST' AS HE CAME IN FOR A LANDING. ADDITIONALLY, HE REPORTED, '...VERY LITTLE CROSSWIND. WINDSOCK WAS LIMP...AS SOON AS MY WHEELS TOUCHED DOWN, EVERYTHING WENT TO THE LEFT....' THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND WENT DOWN AN EMBANKMENT, INTO A RAVINE. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED NO PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES OR THE WHEELS.
Probable Cause: an improperly planned approach and touchdown, which resulted in an loss of directional control at touchdown, with the airplane departing the runway, and striking a ravine.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB NYC95LA128
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 August 1983 | N8115L | Larry Marks | 0 | Bryan, TX | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 14-Mar-2024 19:48 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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