- Date
- February 28, 1993, 17:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Boonville, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1554PPiper PA-18-135
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930228004109A
- Case key
- 11905
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Probable cause
The pilot failed to compensate for wind conditions and encountered a stall. The windshear was a factor.
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
During initial climb out from a private pond, the airplane encountered winds about tree top level. The pilot stated that lift diminished resulting in a decrease in airspeed. He stated he did not have the airspeed or altitude to recover, so he lowered the flaps and settled the airplane into the tree tops. The airplane descended through the trees until it contacted the ground. The pilot and passenger exited the airplane safely with no injuries.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1554P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-135
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18A-18-3709
- Airframe hours
- 3,317
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D-135, 135 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Carbone Auto Lease, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Carbone Auto Lease, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 27, 1992 · 63 hours before
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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 322 total · 53 in this make and model · 238 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 45° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 21 °F, dew point 3 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ALB, 70 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.