- Date
- February 28, 1991, 10:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Springfield, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3658PPiper PA-22-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910228003649A
- Case key
- 15015
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Probable cause
The pilot's poor evaluation of high wind conditions and the subsequent inability to compensate for the winds. Related to the accident was the gusty crosswind 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
Following a landing on runway 28, a gust of wind lifted the right wing during the landing roll. The pilot reported that corrective flight control inputs were to no avail. The airplane traveled off the left side of the runway and nosed over in a grass area. About 6 mi away, the wind was reported to be from 180 degrees at 19 gusting 24 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3658P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-3409
- Airframe hours
- 2,534
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- John R. Johnson
- Registered owner
- John R. Johnson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 17, 1990 · 53 hours before
- Departed
- Galena, MO
- Airport
- 3DW · Springfield-Downtown, runway 1, 3,845 × 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
- 56
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 814 total · 66 in this make and model · 503 as pilot in command · 41 in the last 90 days · 28 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 19 knots, gusting 24
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SGF, 6 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.