- Date
- April 30, 1988, 13:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Whittemore, MI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6433RPiper PA-28-140D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880430012239A
- Case key
- 14069
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While landing on a farmer's strip, the pilot failed to maintain directional control of the aircraft. The aircraft swerved off the left side of the strip, into a plowed field where it struck a rock.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6433R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2821614
- Airframe hours
- 4,096
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Seeley, Ward E
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 8, 1988 · 16 hours before
- Departed
- 3SG · Saginaw, MI
- Destination
- NONE · Whittemore, MI
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 186 total · 42 in this make and model · 122 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MBS, 43 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.
Other investigations on N6433R · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.