ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 373530
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Date: | Saturday 21 February 1987 |
Time: | 13:30 LT |
Type: | Piper PA-28-140 |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N56887 |
MSN: | 7425059 |
Total airframe hrs: | 3856 hours |
Engine model: | LYCOMING O-320-E3D |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Petaluma, CA -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Sonoma, CA (KSTS) |
Destination airport: | Petaluma, CA (069) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:AT THE END OF A PLEASURE CROSS-COUNTRY FLT, THE PLT REPORTED HE WAS DOWNWIND TO RWY 29 AND NOTED THE WIND WAS LIGHT FROM 110 DEGS. ON FINAL APCH THE PLT WAS FOLLOWING ANOTHER ACFT AND NOTED THAT THE ACFT HAD A SLIGHT CRAB TO THE RIGHT. THE PLT OBSERVED THAT THE WIND DIRECTION HAD CHANGED TO A RIGHT CROSS-WIND. WHEN THE ACFT TOUCHED-DOWN THE PLT STATED THAT A STRONG GUST OF WIND FROM THE RIGHT PUSHED THE ACFT OFF THE RWY AND COLLIDED WITH THE TERRAIN. WIND CONDITIONS ON THE ARPT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WERE REPORTED AS WIND FROM 320 DEGS AT 15 KTS, GUSTING TO 25 KTS.
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Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | LAX87LA124 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB LAX87LA124
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
27-Mar-2024 14:04 |
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