# Accident 20090510007199A: Piper PA28180, Globe, AZ, May 10, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 2009, 13:04 local time
- Place: Globe, AZ
- Airport: San Carlos Apache
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3511° N, 110.6622° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3511&lon=-110.6622&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8401W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8401W-2013-02-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Reported engine: LYC O360A3A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 236 total, 24 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09CA238](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09CA238) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090510007199A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED THAT HE MADE A NORMAL APPROACH TO LANDING TO RUNWAY 27 AT THE GLOBE, AZ AIRPORT.  PILOT STATED THAT THE AWOS-3 WEATHER HE RECEIVED REPORTED AN 8 KNOT DIRECT CROSSWIND.  ON SHORT FINAL, THE PILOT BELIEVES THAT THE WIND GUSTED AND HE WAS UNABLE TO CORRECT FOR THE WIND.  DUE TO THE WIND GUST, THE PILOT ATTEMPTED A GO-AROUND BUT THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT CLIMB AS FAST AS THE RISING TERRAIN.  THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED TREES 355' SOUTH OF RUNWAY 27 AND 1580' FROM THE APPRAOCH END OF RUNWAY 27.  AWOS DATA INDICATES THAT THERE WERE WIND GUSTS UP TO 16 KNOTS AND A DENSITY ALTITUDE OF 6100' 3 MINUTES AFTER THE REPORTED TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  THE PILOT ALSO REPORTED THAT HE DID NOT REMEMBER RETRACTING THE FLAPS ON THE GO-AROUND.  AT THE ON SITE INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT, THE FLAP HANDLE WAS FOUND IN THE FULL EXTEND 40 DEGREE POSITION.  THERE ARE NO CAUSAL FACTORS AT THIS TIME.

## 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 WPR09CA238](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09CA238), May 10, 2009: Piper PA-28-180 (N8401W), Globe, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for the crosswinds during landing.

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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