- Date
- October 7, 1988, 14:44 local (18:44 UTC)
- Place
- Savannah, GA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7769NPiper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881007048779A
- Case key
- 7936
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While landing with a left x-wind, the acft veered to the left & went off the rwy. Subsequently, the nose gear collapsed in soft terrain. The plt thought tower personnel had told him the wind was from 030 deg at 9 KTS. A check of the transcript revealed that just before landing, the plt was told the wind was from 350 deg at 12 KTS. The 1353 EDT wind at Savannah was from 040 deg at 10 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7769N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28 5216
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert P. Smith
- Registered owner
- Robert P Smith
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- BKV · Brooksville, FL
- Destination
- SAV
- Airport
- SAV · Savannah Intl, runway 9, 9,003 × 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
- 67
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 529 total · 314 in this make and model · 473 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SAV
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.