Aviation Crash Map

Piper PA-28-235 N8635W

19 August 1984 · Put In Bay, Ohio, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 19 August 1984 at about 17:25 local time, a Piper PA-28-235 registered N8635W, operated by Louis H. Covas, was involved in an accident near Put In Bay, Ohio, United States. 2 people were on board and one died, one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 17:25
Classification
Accident
Location
Put In Bay, Ohio, United States
Nearest airport
Put-In-Bay (OH30)
Coordinates
41.6408, -82.8203
Aircraft
Piper PA-28-235
Registration
N8635W
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Louis H. Covas
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Wadsworth → Put In Bay
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
CHI84FA352

People

1 person died.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 1 1 0 0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PILOT ATTEMPTED A GO-AROUND WHEN HE SAW AN AIRCRAFT STILL ON THE RUNWAY. WITNESSES SAW THE AIRCRAFT APPROACH THE RUNWAY AND JUST BEFORE TOUCHDOWN, MAKE A SHARP RT TURN TO GO-AROUND. THE AIRCRAFT MADE A SHARP RIGHT TURN, DESCRIBEDAS THE WINGS BEING 90 DEGREES TO THE HORIZON. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE WATER IN A RIGHT WING LOW ATTITUDE. THE PILOT'S LOGBOOK REVEALED THAT HIS LAST FLIGHT PRIOR TO THIS FLIGHT WAS SIX MONTHS AGO.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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