- Date
- December 18, 1992, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Greensboro, NC
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8714DPiper PA-22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921218050959A
- Case key
- 8711
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Probable cause
The improper flare by the pilot which resulted in a hard landing and ground loop of the aircraft. A factor in the accident was the crosswind at the time of the landing.
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 was attempting a three point landing in a crosswind. He stated that after bouncing on the landing, he lost control of the aircraft and was not able to regain control. The aircraft ground looped and contacted the terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8714D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22 5895
- Airframe hours
- 2,200
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Collins, William B.
- Registered owner
- Collins, William B.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1992
- Departed
- GSO
- Destination
- GSO
- Airport
- GSO · Greensboro Regional, runway 14, 6,380 × 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
- 26
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 430 total · 174 in this make and model · 377 as pilot in command · 70 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GSO, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N8714D · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.