- Date
- May 5, 1988, 11:10 local (15:10 UTC)
- Place
- Lawrenceville, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8205Piper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 7754
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.
Loss of control - in flight
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Wind information - disregardedCause
Compensation for wind conditions - not attainedFactor
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Go-around - not performedFactor
Hard landing
Flare - improperCause
Gear collapsed
Landing gear,nose gear - overload
Analysis
The student plt returned to the departure arpt and attempted a landing with a cross wind gusting to an estimated 20 KTS. After landing, a gust of wind was encountered. The aircraft became airborne. The student pilot held the aircraft's controls rigid. The aircraft dropped onto the runway and skidded off the runway to the left.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8205
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28 8316048
- Airframe hours
- 1,470
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Air Center Gwinnett
- Registered owner
- J Curtis Mcgill
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 10, 1988 · 50 hours before
- Airport
- 17A · G Winnett Co-Brisco Fld, runway 25, 4,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 25 total · 24 in this make and model · 4 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FTY, 30 nm away