- Date
- November 15, 1992, 09:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Makoti, ND
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7057WPiper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921115046759A
- Case key
- 15625
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Probable cause
The pilot not maintaining a proper glidepath during his approach to landing.
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 he was approaching the snow covered sod runway at a slow speed. He said he pitched the airplane downward after crossing wires which were located approximately 150 to 200 feet from the runway's threshold. He stated he '...dropped the nose to get in.' Shortly after this action the airplane collided with a ditch and bounced into the air. The pilot stated he added power and the airplane descended onto the runway surface and slid to a stop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7057W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-829
- Airframe hours
- 2,025
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360A-3A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Paul M. Sonnenberg
- Registered owner
- Paul M. Sonnenberg
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 3, 1992 · 28 hours before
- Departed
- ND43 · Minot, ND
- Airport
- RLA · Makoti Airport, runway 13, 2,300 × 100 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
- 68
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 665 total · 233 in this make and model · 620 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 27 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MOT, 29 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.