- Date
- May 16, 1983, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Ironwood, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6687JPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830516026329A
- Case key
- 12215
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Weather condition - unfavorable windFactor
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertentFactor
On ground/water collision with object
Object - runway lightFactor
Analysis
The acft drifted to the right on the rwy during a crosswind landing and collided with a rwy light.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6687J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-24377
- Airframe hours
- 2,634
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Rio Creek Aviators Limited
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 19, 1982
- Departed
- AUW · Wausau, WI
- Airport
- IWD · Gogebic, runway 27, 6,500 × 150 ft, asphalt
N6687JRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 123 total · 27 in this make and model · 97 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 21 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.