- Date
- May 8, 1990, 16:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Anderson, IN
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3081WBeech A36
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900508014709A
- Case key
- 14664
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Probable cause
The pilot failed to adequately compensate for the wind conditions. The gusty crosswind was a factor.
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 pilot stated that his approach to landing and initial touchdown were normal and smooth with adequate compensation for the gusty crosswind conditions. He reported that just as the nosewheel was touching down, a heavy gust struck the aircraft, lifting it off the runway. The aircraft bounced hard on the runway, and the nose gear broke off. The aircraft skidded to a stop, nose down, on the left edge of the runway. On-going airport/runway construction precluded a landing on a runway more aligned with the wind.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3081W
- Reported as
- Beech A36
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- E-2372
- Airframe hours
- 403
- Engine
- Continental IO-550-B, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Astro Enterprises, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 2, 1990 · 330 hours before
- Departed
- PSK · Dublin, VA
- Airport
- AID · Anderson Municipal, runway 12, 5,400 × 100 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 348 total · 162 in this make and model · 261 as pilot in command · 37 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 14 knots, gusting 23
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AID
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.