- Date
- April 28, 1995, 13:33 local (18:33 UTC)
- Place
- Boyceville, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8475RPiper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 13, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19950428009959A
- Case key
- 9882
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate compensation for the wind conditions and subsequent failure to maintain runway alignment. The crosswind was a factor.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
In his written statement, the pilot reported he was landing on runway 04 with winds between 280 and 040 degrees at ten gusting to seventeen knots. He wrote he had a difficult time maintaining airspeed on final. The airplane was 'floating' and contacted the runway, then became airborne again. He wrote that he 'thought the airplane would settle back down, but it continued to float and drift to the right into the trees.'
Factual narrative
On April 28, 1995, about 1333 central daylight time, a Piper PA- 28-161, N8475R, operated by Aukemas Nor Wes Enterprises, Inc., sustained substantial damage when it departed the runway after landing in Boyceville, Wisconsin. The private pilot reported no injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the 14 CFR Part 91 flight. The flight originated in Menomonie, Wisconsin, about 1320. No flight plan was filed.
In his written statement, the pilot reported he was landing on runway 04 with winds between 280 and 040 degrees at ten gusting to seventeen knots. He wrote he had a difficult time maintaining airspeed on final. The airplane was "floating" and contacted the runway, then became airborne again. He wrote that he "thought the airplane would settle back down, but it continued to float and drift to the right into the trees," sustaining damage to the wings, empennage, and nose gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8475R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-22381
- Airframe hours
- 717
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Aukemas Nor Wes Enterprises
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 31, 1995 · 80 hours before
- Departed
- W11 · Menomonie, WI
- Airport
- Boyceville, runway 4, 2,800 × 40 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 101 total · 31 in this make and model · 39 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 10 knots, gusting 17
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EAU, 110 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.