19961116036969A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-32R-301T · Chicago, IL · November 16, 1996

Date
November 16, 1996 · 22:00 local
Place
Chicago, IL
Airport
Lansing Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N8308V
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI97LA028
Reported as
Piper PA32R301T
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO540S1AD
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
200 total

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What happened

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

After several landing attempts in severe cross wind ran off end runway into a ditch. Crosswind component exceeded. (-23) after several attempted landings in gusting crosswind conditions, aircraft collided with a ditch at the departure end of the runway.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER SEVERAL LANDING ATTEMPTS IN SEVERE CROSS WIND RAN OFF END RUNWAY INTO A DITCH.CROSSWIND COMPONENT EXCEEDED. (-23) AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTED LANDINGS IN GUSTING CROSSWIND CONDITIONS, AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH A DITCH AT THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY.

NTSB investigation

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