- Date
- June 8, 2009, 18:55 local (23:55 UTC)
- Place
- Haskell, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N34335Meyers OTW
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
- Status
- Completed · report September 10, 2009
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20090608007849A
- Case key
- 73994
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control while landing in a crosswind.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot was flying a visual approach and landing when he felt a burst of wind, which pushed the tail to the left. The pilot compensated with left brake and left rudder, but did not prevent the airplane from exiting the runway. The pilot applied both brakes to slow the airplane and the airplane pulled to the right into a ditch, damaging the airplane frame near the firewall.
Factual narrative
The pilot flew a visual approach and landing. During landing the pilot felt a burst of wind, which pushed the tail to the left. The pilot compensated with left brake and left rudder, but did not prevent the airplane from exiting the runway. The pilot applied both brakes to slow the airplane and the airplane pulled to the right into a ditch, damaging the airplane frame near the firewall.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N34335
- Reported as
- Meyers OTW (145)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 80
- Engine
- Warner 165D, 165 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ashbach Richard P
- Registered owner
- Ashbach Richard P
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 20, 2009
- Departed
- DUC · Duncan, OK
- Destination
- BPG · Big Springs, TX
- Airport
- 15F · Haskell Municipal Airport, runway 18, 3,420 × 50 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
- 52
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- January 12, 2008
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 800 total · 60 in this make and model · 750 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days · 23 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
- Wind
- Variable at 4 knots, gusting 16
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.86 inHg
- Observed at
- ABI, 47 nm away
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 22, 2009, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 625 KB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.