# Accident 19990814024549A: Piper PA28151, Red Wing, MN, August 14, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 1999, 15:00 local time
- Place: Red Wing, MN
- Airport: Red Wing Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.5793° N, 92.6000° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.5793&lon=-92.6000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N32840, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N32840-2017-03-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28151
- Reported engine: LYC O320E3D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 194 total, 194 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI99LA301](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA301) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990814024549A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(.19) ON AUGUST 14, 1999, AT 1500 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER PA-28-151, N32840, PILOTED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING A COLLISION WITH A 10 FOOT DEEP TRENCH FOLLOWING A LOSS OF CONTROL WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 27 (4,002 FEET BY 75 FEET, DRY/ASPHALT) AT THE RED WING MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, RED WING, MINNESOTA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS OPERATING UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91 AND WAS ON A VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) FLIGHT PLAN.  THE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, REPORTED NO INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT DEPARTED THE SOUTH ST. PAUL MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AT EXACT TIME UNKNOWN.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       (.4)THE PILOT COMPLETED A STANDARD LEFT-HANDED TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR RUNWAY 27 AND TOUCHED DOWN ON THE RUNWAY, TRACKING THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE, WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING THE LANDING ROLLOUT A, '...VERY STRONG CROSSWIND FROM THE NORTH PUSHED THE PLANE SOUTH OF THE RUNWAY, I APPLIED FULL RIGHT AILERON TO KEEP THE RIGHT WING DOWN.  I WAS ON THE BRAKES [AND] A GROUND LOOP DEVELOPED.'  THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE PREPARED RUNWAY SURFACE AND CAME TO REST IN A 10 FOOT DEEP TRENCH THAT PARALLELED RUNWAY 27, LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET SOUTH OF THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE RUNWAY.  A WEATHER OBSERVATION STATION, LOCATED ON THE AIRPORT, FOUR MINUTES PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT TIME, REPORTED THE WIND 210-DEGREES AT 6 KNOTS.  OTHER WEATHER OBSERVATION STATIONS, NEAR THE ACCIDENT SITE, DID NOT RECORD ANY SIGNIFICANT WINDS OR OTHER WEATHER PHENOMENA NEAR THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI99LA301](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA301), Aug 14, 1999: Piper PA-28-151 (N32840), Red Wing, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: Directional control not being maintained by the pilot. A factor to the accident was the ditch.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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