ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 367506
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Date: | Sunday 14 January 1990 |
Time: | 15:15 LT |
Type: | Piper PA-28-180 |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N8201W |
MSN: | 28-2330 |
Engine model: | LYCOMING O-360-A3A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Northampton, MA -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED NORTHAMPTON FOR A LOCAL FLIGHT AND AFTER A PRACTICE OF SLOW FLIGHT AND ONE POWER-OFF STALL, THE FLIGHT RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT. THE WIND WAS REPORTED TO BE FROM 040 DEGREES AT 10 KNOTS WITH PEAK GUSTS TO 15 KNOTS. THE PILOT CONTINUED THE APPROACH AND TOUCHED DOWN ON RUNWAY 32, BUT DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS LOST AND THE AIRPLANE SKIDDED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND COLLIDED WITH A STAND OF LARGE BRUSH.
Probable Cause: PILOT'S IMPROPER HANDLING OF THE AIRPLANE, RESULTING IN THE LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WERE GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS AND THE PILOT'S LACK OF TOTAL EXPERIENCE.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | NYC90LA048 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 2 years and 8 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB NYC90LA048
Revision history:
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