- Date
- April 30, 1988, 19:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Flushing, MI
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5965UPiper PA28-140D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880430011209A
- Case key
- 14067
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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
While on final approach for landing on a short, grass strip, the pilot said she encountered sunglare which restricted her visibility such that she was unable to judge the landing. Touchdown occurred with insufficient runway remaining to stop the aircraft. The aircraft left the runway at the departure end, struck a tree with the left wing, and came to rest in a stand of trees across the street from the runway. A nearby wx observation station indicated a 6 knot tailwind for the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5965U
- Reported as
- Piper PA28-140D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 287125144
- Airframe hours
- 2,508
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Grambush, James D.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 17, 1987 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- FNT · Flint, MI
- Destination
- 3DA · Flushing, MI
- Airport
- 3DA · Dalton, runway 27, 1,850 × 200 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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 86 total · 86 in this make and model · 33 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 140 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 16 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FNT, 8 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.