Piper PA-32R-301T N8197W

Summary

On 12 June 2000 at about 11:20 local time, a Piper PA-32R-301T registered N8197W was involved in an accident near Wauseon, Ohio, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

12 June 2000 at 11:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Wauseon, Ohio, United States

Nearest airport

Fulton County Airport (USE)

Coordinates

41.5493, -84.1400

Aircraft

Piper PA-32R-301T

Registration

N8197W

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Peterborough → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC00LA158

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed, which resulted in an inadvertent stall.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

While executing a non-precision approach, the pilot flew over the centerline of the runway and made a 180-degree turn to land on the reciprocal runway. During the turn, the pilot overshot the extended centerline. While maneuvering back to the runway centerline, the airplane stalled just above the runway and impacted the ground, before coming rest in a water drainage ditch. After the accident, the pilot stated that his airspeed was 'about 80 knots but less because stalled about then.'

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.