# Accident 20170614009369A: Piper PA-28-180, Estherville, IA, June 14, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 2017, 09:15 local time
- Place: Estherville, IA
- Airport: Estherville Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4044° N, 94.7456° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4044&lon=-94.7456&mi=10
- Aircraft: N33764, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N33764) (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 PA-28-180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 28 total, 28 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA338](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA338) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170614009369A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 GAA17CA338](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA338), Jun 14, 2017: Piper PA 28 (N33764), Estherville, IA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain crosswind correction during a go-around in gusting wind conditions.

## Other reports on N33764 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20040808017489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040808017489I), Aug 8, 2004: Piper PA28180 (N33764), Estherville, IA, Minor damage. (-23) Student pilot was conducting properly authorized solo flight training. While attempting to land on runway 16 at the Estherville, IA municipal airport,…

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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