- Date
- May 10, 1986, 10:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Webster, WI
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8239EPiper PA-28-181
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860510016859A
- Case key
- 13459
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Hard landing
Planning/decision - improperCause
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - improperFactor
Lack of total experience in type of aircraftFactor
Loss of control - in flight
Recovery from bounced landing - improperCause
Go-around - initiated
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Proper alignment - not maintainedCause
In flight collision with object
Object - tree(s)Factor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
During an attempted go-around after a bounced crosswind landing, pilot failed to maintain a proper ground track and the aircraft collided with trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8239E
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-181
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-8090-364
- Airframe hours
- 2,360
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Brucr Parsons
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 3, 1986 · 82 hours before
- Departed
- MIC · Minneaplis, MN
- Airport
- Y05 · Voyager Village, runway 4, 3,500 × 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
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 136 total · 5 in this make and model · 98 as pilot in command · 36 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.