- Date
- May 2, 1982, 19:30 local (May 3, 1982, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Quincy, IN
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7606HPiper PA-12
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 2, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820502018789A
- Case key
- 72328
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Analysis
During a pleasure flight, the pilot elected to make an approach to a new runway that he was building. His approach was made from west to east; the wind was reported to be from the north at 7 KTS. The pilot stated that he throttled the engine back to a normal glide at 65 mph and he was looking at the runway when a gust of wind tipped the left wing. Shortly after, the left wing struck a tree about 500 ft from the approach end of the runway. The plane crashed and came to rest about 300 ft from the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7606H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 12-481
- Airframe hours
- 1,371
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D2, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Harold M. Cox
- Registered owner
- Harold M. Cox
- Departed
- Quincy, IN
- Destination
- Quincy, IN
- Airport
- Private Strip, runway 9, 1,500 × 0 ft, grass/turf
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
- 70
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,947 total · 4 in this make and model · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 160 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IND, 20 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.