- Date
- August 6, 1989, 15:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Troy, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1157HPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 26, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890806027319A
- Case key
- 14396
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command failed to properly compensate for unfavorable wind conditions.
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
As the pilot flared to land, the rapidly shifting and gusting winds moved from a quartering headwind to a tailwind. Despite remedial corrections, the pilot was unable to land or go around. The aircraft continued past the end of the runway, struck a fence and then a tree. The airplane was destroyed by fire.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1157H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7725133
- Airframe hours
- 3,464
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Hot Props Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 4, 1989 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- 3BB · Troy, MI
- Airport
- 7D2 · Oakland-Troy, runway 27, 3,855 × 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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 297 total · 168 in this make and model · 183 as pilot in command · 41 in the last 90 days · 28 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DET, 21 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.