- Date
- July 5, 1987, 09:40 local (14:40 UTC)
- Place
- Duluth, MN
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N56808Piper PA-28
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870705032219A
- Case key
- 13788
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Rprtdly, the winds were prevailing from the northeast & were variable & gusty. The plt entered the traffic pattern to land on rwy 14, but aborted his 1st attempt. During the 2nd apch, he used a notch of flaps & corrected for the x-wind by slipping the acft into the wind. He stated the acft touched down with the main gear aligned with the rwy centerline. However, during the landing, the acft veered to the right. The plt applied power to go around again, but the acft was airborne only briefly. It then touched down in sandy terrain & nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N56808
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7425040
- Airframe hours
- 2,684
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Loretta C. Gee
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 7, 1987
- Departed
- D36 · Duluth, MN
- Airport
- D36 · Duluth/Sky Harbor, runway 14, 3,051 × 75 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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 80 total · 7 in this make and model · 14 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 45° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DLH, 10 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.