19890529013159A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-32R-300 · Straford, TX · May 29, 1989

Date
May 29, 1989 · 21:12 local
Place
Straford, TX
Airport
Straford Field Aprt
Phase of flight
Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N3279Q
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW89LA100
Reported as
Piper PA32R300
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540K1G5
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,256 total1,140 in this make and model21 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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Tried to land in strong gusty quartering tailwind. Lost control, vertical bank, leveled. Impacted at high speed.

As the FAA filed it

TRIED TO LAND IN STRONG GUSTY QUARTERING TAILWIND. LOST CONTROL, VERTICAL BANK, LEVELED. IMPACTED AT HIGH SPEED.

NTSB investigation

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