- Date
- January 29, 1993, 16:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place
- South St. Paul, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2375PPiper PA-22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930129001329A
- Case key
- 15658
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate compensation for the existing crosswind condition. The crosswind was a 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 he was landing on runway 16 with a crosswind from 210 degrees at 8 knots, gusting to 12. He said he was just touching down on 'patchy ice' when a gust of wind blew the airplane off the runway. He was unable to maintain directional control, and the airplane went off the runway and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2375P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-2766
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Miller, Mitchel A.
- Registered owner
- Miller, Mitchel A.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- MIC · Minneapolis, MN
- Airport
- D97 · Fleming Field, runway 16, 4,000 × 100 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
- 24
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 400 total · 15 in this make and model · 300 as pilot in command · 42 in the last 90 days · 19 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 8 knots, gusting 12
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 30 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2375P · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.