- Date
- March 3, 1990, 16:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Wonder Lake, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N55030Piper PA-28R-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900303003449A
- Case key
- 14641
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions, and his faiiure to maintain proper altitude on final approach to land. Factors related to the accident were: the trees & snowbank.
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
The plt rprtd that while on final apch to land on rwy 27, the acft encountered a gust of wind. It then lost alt, contacted trees short of the rwy & yawed to the left. The plt realigned the acft with the rwy, but after touchdown, it veered left & hit a snowbank. A post-acdnt exam revealed the left main gear & left wing were damaged during the occurrence. About 20 mi south at dupage, IL, the 1550 CST wind was from 330 deg at 11 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55030
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-7335171
- Airframe hours
- 2,763
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Eggert, Ray
- Registered owner
- Eggert, Ray
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 4, 1989 · 17 hours before
- Departed
- 57C · East Troy, WI
- Destination
- 10C
- Airport
- 10C · Galt, runway 27, 3,100 × 36 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
- 64
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 645 total · 500 in this make and model · 401 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 12 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DPA, 20 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 N55030 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.