- Date
- May 25, 1985, 09:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Brooklet, GA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N32826Piper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850525020799A
- Case key
- 6882
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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 plt stated that 2 approaches were made to rwy 09 and he could not locate a wind indicator. He was also unable to contact anyone over the UNICOM to obtain wind information. The plt attempted a landing on rwy 09 during which the acft bounced and a go-around was initiated. The acft struck a tree aprx 3 miles east of the airpark and crashed in a wooded area. The plt later estimated the wind to be from 270 degrees at 15 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N32826
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Airframe hours
- 2,263
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 140 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Andrew Vinoski
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 15, 1985 · 8 hours before
- Departed
- SEF · Sebring, FL
- Destination
- 6J9 · Brooklet, GA
- Airport
- 6J9 · Davis Airpark, runway 9, 2,700 × ft, grass/turf
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 380 total · 380 in this make and model · 365 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SAV, 30 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.