- Date
- October 8, 1992, 11:52 local (16:52 UTC)
- Place
- Madison, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N228RPiper PA-34-220T
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921008041439A
- Case key
- 15603
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Probable cause
Was the pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions which resulted in an improper flare. A factor related was the gusty wind condition.
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 airplane settled to the runway from an altitude of about 3 feet during the landing flare. The airplane bounced, contacted the runway with the nose gear first, and porpoised 3 or 4 times prior to the pilot regaining control. Substantial damage to the wings and fuselage resulted from the hard landing. Reported winds at the time of the accident were from 130 degrees at 15 knots gusting to 21 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N228R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-220T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 348233145
- Airframe hours
- 1,320
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-KB, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Joseph T. Steuer
- Registered owner
- Joseph T. Steuer
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 5, 1992 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- MKE · Milwaukee, WI
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MSN · Dane County Regional, runway 13, 5,846 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 65
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,400 total · 320 in this make and model · 1,040 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 15 knots, gusting 21
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 900 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MSN, 1 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.