- Date
- May 19, 1983, 17:00 local (May 20, 1983, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Kenai, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7488WPiper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19830519022999A
- Case key
- 4119
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot stated that on a short final approach he encountered a windshear. The pilot only had 5 hours in this type acftand had little experience landing at the location of the accident. This field has no facilities except a windsock. It isbordered by trees to the south and a lake to the north. The acft had the left main landing gear torn off and the left wing damaged in the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7488W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-1399
- Airframe hours
- 1,199
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A3A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Tim A. Veal
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 8, 1983 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- ENA · Kenai, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- LZ1 · Arness Strip, runway 21, 1,700 × ft, gravel
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 67
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 116 total · 5 in this make and model · 71 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 70 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ENA, 6 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.