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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-151 · Dover/Cheswold, DE · March 20, 2009

Date: March 20, 2009 · 14:10 local
Place: Dover/Cheswold, DE
Airport: Delaware Airpark
Phase of flight: Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N41568
NTSB investigation: NTSBERA09CA207
Reported as: Piper PA28151
Reported engine: Lycoming O320E3D
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 180 total70 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

N41568Registration cancelled Apr 30, 2015 · Piper PA-28-151S/N 28-7415274 · Built 1974 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-151 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) Pilot stated that he departed summit airport (kevy), middletown, DE, without a weather report and was practicing landings at K33N. He had made one landing on runway 27, but it was gusty and did not like it so he decided to make another landing on the same runway. As he was about to land, he got a gust from a cross wind, lost control of the aircraft and crashed into two parked aircraft, which were not intending to fly. Accident aircraft came to rest approximately 346 feet from the center line of runway 27 on a 020 heading. The accident aircraft was substantially damaged, right wing separated from the fuselage.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT HE DEPARTED SUMMIT AIRPORT (KEVY), MIDDLETOWN, DE, WITHOUT A WEATHER REPORT AND WAS PRACTICING LANDINGS AT K33N. HE HAD MADE ONE LANDING ON RUNWAY 27, BUT IT WAS GUSTY AND DID NOT LIKE IT SO HE DECIDED TO MAKE ANOTHER LANDING ON THE SAME RUNWAY. AS HE WAS ABOUT TO LAND, HE GOT A GUST FROM A CROSS WIND, LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND CRASHED INTO TWO PARKED AIRCRAFT, WHICH WERE NOT INTENDING TO FLY. ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 346 FEET FROM THE CENTER LINE OF RUNWAY 27 ON A 020 HEADING. THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, RIGHT WING SEPARATED FROM THE FUSELAGE.

NTSB investigation

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

NTSB ERA09CA207Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportDover, DEThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing.Mar 20, 2009 · Substantial damage