- Date
- June 30, 1990, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- S. Charleston, WV
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7454RPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900630023509A
- Case key
- 11605
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Probable cause
Pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane. A related factor crosswind conditions.
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
Shortly after touchdown, the airplane veered off the left side of the 25 foot wide runway and struck an embankment. The pilot stated that a 'wind gust must have weathervaned the aircraft....'the pilot/owner had successfully C0MPLETED his private pilot flight check the day before the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7454R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-21998
- Airframe hours
- 2,101
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Hendry, Robert C.
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 3, 1989 · 107 hours before
- Departed
- NC14 · Shiloh, NC
- Airport
- WV12 · Mallory, runway 33, 2,000 × 25 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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 140 total · 110 in this make and model · 77 as pilot in command · 34 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CRW
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.