- Date
- September 5, 1984, 18:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Somerset, KY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4825TPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840905047349A
- Case key
- 6539
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a x-wind landing the acft veered off the left side of the rwy contacting a wind sock tower with the left wing. The plt reported the airspeed on final was excessive and an over compensation was made for the x-wind during the landing. The plt reported the local winds were from 250 degs at 10 KTS gusting to 15 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4825T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7225215
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Tommy C. Skaggs, doing business as S & P Aviation Services Inc.
- Registered owner
- Tommy C. Skaggs
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 24, 1984 · 83 hours before
- Departed
- Somerset, KY
- Airport
- SME · Sumerset-Pulaski Co, runway 22, 5,000 × 100 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
- 26
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 12 total · 12 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LOZ, 27 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.
Other investigations on N4825T · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.