- Date
- June 19, 1982, 22:00 local (Jun 20, 1982, 03:00 UTC)
- Place
- Pardeeville, WI
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1437XPiper PA-28-151
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report June 19, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820619027009A
- Case key
- 72158
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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
The pilot reported that he was making an approach to the sod runway (36). He stated that when he was about treetop high, a gust of wind picked up the left wing of the aircraft and it drifted to the right of the runway. Subsequently, the right wing struck a play house and then the left wing hit a metal storage building. The pilot reported that the wind was from 280 degrees at 8 gusting 15 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1437X
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-151
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7515327
- Airframe hours
- 598
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Roland R. Rohde
- Registered owner
- Roland R. Rohde
- Departed
- C47 · Portage, WI
- Destination
- Leesburg, VA
- Airport
- Rhodes A/P, runway 36, 1,900 × 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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 529 total · 265 in this make and model · 460 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 280° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Temperature
- 142 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.