- Date
- June 14, 1991, 10:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Eagle Bend, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3130ZPiper PA-22-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910614021979A
- Case key
- 15096
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Probable cause
The pilot in command's failure to attain proper alignment with the runway. Factors contributing to this accident were an unreliable airspeed indicator and the pilot's decision to operate with this known deficiency.
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 took off with an airspeed indicator which was not functioning properly. Upon arrival at the 50 foot wide sod runway airport the pilot attempted one landing approach and performed a go around due to over shooting the runway. The next approach flown resulted in a landing, according to the pilot, about 40 percent down the runway. The pilot said he didn't know how fast he was going over the ground, but 'things seemed quicker than they normally did.' The pilot stated that he touched down on the left side of the runway with a slight right yaw attitude. The airplane continued its landing roll to the right until it departed the runway and nosed over after entering a plowed field.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3130Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-7075
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320 A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Randall M. Hess
- Registered owner
- Randall M. Hess
- Departed
- MIC · Minneapolis, MN
- Airport
- NONE · Eagle Bend, runway 18, 2,400 × 50 ft, grass/turf
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 167 total · 99 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- AXN, 10 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.