- Date
- August 5, 1990, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lansing, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N81XBennert Sidewinder
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 21, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900805033259A
- Case key
- 14455
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to compensate for winds conditions on landing approach.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
Pilot executing VFR traffic pattern to full stop landed hard and departed left side of runway. Winds in vicinity were 40 degrees left of runway heading and gusting from 13 to 22 knots. Pilot states he encountered turbulence on final and that, while holding a normal approach attitude, airplane was 'shoved' into the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N81X
- Reported as
- Bennert Sidewinder
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 212316
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Thomas A. Degan, Jr.
- Registered owner
- John Riggio, Sr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 21, 1990
- Departed
- 3HA · Lansing, IL
- Airport
- 3HA · Lansing Muni, runway 9, 3,655 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,153 total · 11 in this make and model · 1,905 as pilot in command · 34 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 13 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MDW, 18 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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