- Date
- August 3, 1989, 16:10 local (20:10 UTC)
- Place
- Midland, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N13906Travel Air B-4000
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890803026839A
- Case key
- 11520
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper compensation for wind conditions and improper flare during the landing. Contributing factors were:the wind conditions and the pilot's lack of experience in this make and model of aircraft.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13906
- Reported as
- Travel Air B-4000
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1262
- Engine
- Wright R-760-8, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Howard M. Clark
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 5, 1989 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- VA30 · Culpepper, VA
- Airport
- W66 · Warrenton, runway 32, 4,106 × 60 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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,722 total · 2 in this make and model · 1,625 as pilot in command · 49 in the last 90 days · 36 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 45° at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.