- Date
- September 2, 1991, 16:35 local (21:35 UTC)
- Place
- Pulaski, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5898ZPiper PA-22-108
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 2, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910902042519A
- Case key
- 15178
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions. The gusty crosswind was a related 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 reported that he was landing in a crosswind. During the landing flare, a wind gust lifted the left wing. The pilot attempted recovery, but the aircraft landed hard and went off the left side of the runway. Subsequently, the nose gear collapsed, and the plane nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5898Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-108
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-9763
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C1, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Edward A. Whitlock
- Departed
- Y84 · Mackinac Is, MI
- Airport
- 92C · Pulaski, runway 21, 1,700 × 50 ft, grass/turf
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 130 total · 20 in this make and model · 120 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 28 °F, dew point 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.