- Date
- April 10, 1982, 17:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Huntsville, AL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1499HPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 10, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820410008709A
- Case key
- 71124
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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
Shortly after a normal touchdown the aircraft yawed and veered to the left. The pilot elected to go-around and added full power. The aircraft departed the left side of the runway and collided with a barbed wire fence. The aircraft settled into a plowed field collapsing the nose gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1499H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7725146
- Airframe hours
- 2,261
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Roger Baglin
- Registered owner
- Merle Gamble
- Departed
- Roanoke, VA
- Destination
- Huntsville, AL
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- M82 · Huntsville North, runway 36, 3,750 × 60 ft, asphalt
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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 72 total · 26 in this make and model · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 131 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.