- Date
- August 13, 1988, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Dodgeville, WI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N47804Piper PA-28R-201
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880813032559A
- Case key
- 14141
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During an attempted landing in gusty wind, the pilot failed to maintain directional control, got blown off to the left side of the runway and experienced a tail strike. The pilot attempted to abort the landing, but was unable to climb out of ground effect, and made a landing on the grassy field on the left side of the runway. The aircraft struck a beehive with the right-wing during the landing roll.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47804
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-201
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-7837005
- Airframe hours
- 4,155
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Wisconsin Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Wisconsin Aviation, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 27, 1988 · 44 hours before
- Departed
- LNR · Lone Rock, WI
- Airport
- 55C · Dodgeville, runway 12, 2,750 × 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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 855 total · 52 in this make and model · 760 as pilot in command · 57 in the last 90 days · 19 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MSN, 37 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.