- Date
- March 13, 1987, 13:23 local (18:23 UTC)
- Place
- Norfolk, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8218ENorth American SNJ-5
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 11315
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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
The tower cleared the aircraft to land on runway 35 at Norfolk international airport with winds from 010 degrees at 20 to 25 knots. The pilot stated that all other traffic was using runway 05. During landing roll the aircraft started to drift to the right, groundlooped, collapsing the left gear. The pilot stated he 'should have insisted on using runway 05, the aircraft can better withstand a left crosswind.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8218E
- Reported as
- North American SNJ-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 121-42110
- Airframe hours
- 5,000
- Engine
- P&W R-1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John Bosco
- Registered owner
- David Hall
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- FRG · Farmingdale, NY
- Airport
- ORF · Norfolk International, runway 35, 4,876 × 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
- 73
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 20,600 total · 2,600 in this make and model · 12 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ORF