- Date
- June 19, 1986, 11:25 local (15:25 UTC)
- Place
- Columbus, GA
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N103EFPiper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860619026659A
- Case key
- 6949
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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
Just as the aircraft flared for landing, a gust of wind struck the airport. The pilot and passengers reported that the aircraft ballooned up several feet, and the right wing dipped. The pilot got the wings level and attempted to perform a go-around. The aircraft veered right and struck the ground, a power transformer and five cars before coming to a halt. A review of the continuous print out of the wind velocity at the airport showed a gust of wind at the reported time of the accident. The rear seat passenger reported seeing the stall warning light on after the aircraft ballooned and before the first impact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N103EF
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-3433
- Airframe hours
- 2,918
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A3A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Eagle Air Force,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Eagle Air Force, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 1, 1986 · 74 hours before
- Departed
- SRQ · Sarasota, FL
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- CSG · Columbus Metro, runway 12, 3,999 × 150 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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 202 total · 14 in this make and model · 148 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CSG
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.