ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 298382
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| Date: | Wednesday 17 October 2001 |
| Time: | 12:50 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-34-200T |
| Owner/operator: | Golf Romeo LLC |
| Registration: | N29461 |
| MSN: | 34-7970254 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3933 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental TSIO-360-KB6B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Ann Arbor, Michigan -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Chicago-Midway Airport, IL (MDW/KMDW) |
| Ann Arbor Municipal Airport, MI (ARB/KARB) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airplane ran off of the side of the runway during landing. In a written report, the pilot said that he encountered a crosswind while landing. He said that the, "...plane was blown off runway to [the] south of [runway 24]. Plane continued off runway [and] went over a 1-2 foot drop off at site of crossing sod runway." The weather reporting station located at the accident airport recorded the wind at 1353 edt as 330 degrees at 15 knots gusting to 23 knots. No mechanical anomalies were found with respect to the airplane that could be associated with a pre-impact condition. No mechanical malfunction was reported by the pilot.
Probable Cause: The pilots failure to maintain directional control during the landing. Factors were the gusty crosswind and the terrain drop-off.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI02LA011
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 July 1985 | N29461 | Private | 0 | Saline Valley, CA | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 15-Oct-2022 17:23 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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