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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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