- Date
- January 26, 1985, 22:10 local (Jan 27, 1985, 03:10 UTC)
- Place
- Goldsboro, NC
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5291LPiper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 6889
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While landing at night, the acft encountered unfavorable winds & went off the left side of the rwy. After departing the rwy, it hit a drainage ditch & the nose gear collapsed. About 50 mi northwest at the raleigh/durham arpt, the wind was variable from 290 to 320 deg at 10 KTS, gusting 20 to 25 KTS. (Brief developed from prelim rprt, FAA rprt lost in mailing)
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5291L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-4592
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Patetown Milling Co, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Myrtle Beach, SC
- Airport
- GWW · Goldsboro-Wayne Muni, runway 4, 3,700 × 75 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
- 37
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Variable at 10 knots, gusting 25
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Observed at
- RDU
Other investigations on N5291L · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.