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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-22-150 · Payson, AZ · March 28, 1988

Date
March 28, 1988 · 19:10 local
Place
Payson, AZ
Airport
Pumpkin Center
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N8524D
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX88LA143
Reported as
Piper PA22150
Reported engine
Lycoming O320*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,250 total50 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

No wind sock. Landed crosswind and blown into mesquite on side of dirt strip. Blamed a dust devil.

As the FAA filed it

NO WIND SOCK. LANDED CROSSWIND AND BLOWN INTO MESQUITE ON SIDE OF DIRT STRIP. BLAMED A DUST DEVIL.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.