Piper PA-28RT-201 accident near Ravenna, OH
On November 24, 1993, a Piper PA-28RT-201 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Ravenna, OH. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- November 24, 1993
- Place
- Ravenna, OH
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-28RT-201 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 41.150°N, 81.240°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001211X13694
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On Wednesday, November 24, 1993, at 1802 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-28RT-201, operated by the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Aero Club near Dayton, Ohio, collided with trees and a paint shop hangar at the Portage County Airport under undetermined circumstances. The pilot was fatally injured and the airplane was destroyed. The instrument flight rules (IFR) cross country personal flight was cleared for departure from the Portage County Airport at 1800 and was destined for the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base airport. The flight was operating under 14 CFR Part 91. According to a friend, (who was also a flight student of the pilot), on the day of the accident, the pilot flew from Wright- Patterson Air Force Base to Ohio State University (OSU) airport and arrived at 1530. The friend also stated that the purpose of that day's flights were to take him from the OSU airport and drop him off at the Portage County airport in Ravenna, Ohio, for personal reasons. The friend stated that he preflighted the airplane while the pilot filed an IFR flight plan and received a weather forecast. In addition, the pilot also performed a preflight inspection of the airplane. The friend stated that they departed the OSU airport at 1615 and the flight to Portage County airport was uneventful. He stated that he sat in the left seat for the flight and received instrument flight instruction en route to the airport. The friend stated that while in cruise flight, "...we noticed that by following the attitude indicator we seemed to maintain a slight turn according to the [directiona
Probable cause
THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO FLY THE AIRPLANE WITH KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN THE ATTITUDE INDICATOR AND BECAME SPATIALLY DISORIENTED DURING THE TAKEOFF CLIMB. FACTORS IN THE ACCIDENT WERE THE LOW CEILING, NIGHT CONDITIONS, AND AN INACCURATE ATTITUDE INDICATOR.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
