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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-180 · Estherville, IA · June 14, 2017

Date
June 14, 2017 · 09:15 local
Place
Estherville, IA
Airport
Estherville Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N33764
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA17CA338
Reported as
Piper PA-28-180
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
28 total28 in this make and model17 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

The airman was practicing take off and landings and during the third landing, while on final an unexpected wind gust was encountered pushing the aircraft to the left of the runway. The airman then applied full power and lowered the nose initiating a go around; while doing this the airman relaxed the controls he had in to counter the crosswind. The aircraft then made a 270 degree turn to the right coming to rest in a field next to the runway.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRMAN WAS PRACTICING TAKE OFF AND LANDINGS AND DURING THE THIRD LANDING, WHILE ON FINAL AN UNEXPECTED WIND GUST WAS ENCOUNTERED PUSHING THE AIRCRAFT TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRMAN THEN APPLIED FULL POWER AND LOWERED THE NOSE INITIATING A GO AROUND; WHILE DOING THIS THE AIRMAN RELAXED THE CONTROLS HE HAD IN TO COUNTER THE CROSSWIND. THE AIRCRAFT THEN MADE A 270 DEGREE TURN TO THE RIGHT COMING TO REST IN A FIELD NEXT TO 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.

Other reports on N33764 · 1

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