- Date
- May 20, 1990, 17:20 local (21:20 UTC)
- Place
- Jacksonville, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5290WPiper PA-28
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900520062969A
- Case key
- 8240
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Probable cause
The pilot's decision to land downwind and his delay in executing a go-around.
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 pilot reported that during landing, following a cross country flight, there were thunderstorms in the vicinity of the airstrip. No rain was falling at the airstrip but, there was a tailwind of 8 to 10 KTS with gusts to 15. Just before touchdown the descent increased & the airplane 'pitched forward.' Power was increased to slow the descent then reduced to land. At touchdown the pilot noted he could not stop on the runway and the landing was aborted. During the go-around he airplane went under a marked wire & hit an unmarked static wire.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5290W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-341
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-B2B, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- David L. & Cathy Leftwich
- Departed
- W83 · Ashland, VA
- Airport
- N17 · Jacksonville, runway 27, 2,800 × 180 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
- 37
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,900 total · 350 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.