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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-32R-300 · Blacksburg, VA · July 22, 1989

Date
July 22, 1989 · 14:50 local
Place
Blacksburg, VA
Airport
Virginia Tech Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N69WP
NTSB investigation
NTSBBFO89LA061
Reported as
Piper PA32R300
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540K1G5
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
450 total200 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Lost control landing. Left the runway and nosed over. Blamed a tail wind gust from nearby mountains.

As the FAA filed it

LOST CONTROL LANDING.LEFT THE RUNWAY AND NOSED OVER. BLAMED A TAIL WIND GUST FROM NEARBY MOUNTAINS.

NTSB investigation

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