19891202049169A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Raven RX-7 · Chandler, AZ · December 2, 1989

Date
December 2, 1989 · 09:45 local
Place
Chandler, AZ
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N64997
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX90LA048
Reported as
Raven RX7
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
131 total129 in this make and model

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What happened

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

Encountered windshift on landing on third attempt to land. Impact was hard and a passenger was seriously injured.

As the FAA filed it

ENCOUNTERED WINDSHIFT ON LANDING ON THIRD ATTEMPT TO LAND. IMPACT WAS HARD AND A PASSENGER WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED.

NTSB investigation

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