ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 287114
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| Date: | Tuesday 17 March 2009 |
| Time: | 13:59 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-24-250 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N8215P |
| MSN: | 24-3468 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1963 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4907 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-540 SERIES |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | San Luis Obispo, California -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Mesa-Falcon Field, AZ (MSC/KFFZ) |
| San Luis Obispo-County Airport, CA (SBP/KSBP) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that during touchdown he felt a change in the right crosswind component and his downwind (left) landing gear contacted the ground first. Subsequent right rudder corrections were insufficient and the airplane veered off of the left side of the runway, down an embankment, and impacted an airport perimeter fence. The right wing received an 18-inch-deep by 8-inch-wide indentation approximately 4 feet outboard of the wing root and impact damage to the right wing tip fuel tank.
Probable Cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for the crosswinds during touchdown.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB WPR09CA157
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 19 November 1988 | N8215P | A.d. Smith, Iii | 0 | Port Royal, VA | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 04-Oct-2022 07:24 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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