- Date
- March 8, 1998, 12:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Edgeley, ND
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9882KPiper PA-28R-201T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 15, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19980308002859A
- Case key
- 10834
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate in-flight planning/decision making which resulted in a delayed go-around and his not maintaining aircraft control. A factor was the crosswind.
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 was attempting to land the airplane on a road heading west. He reported the winds to be 320 degrees at 14 knots. He said that when he realized the crosswind was excessive he had allowed the airplane to slow to a point that when the go-around was initiated, the airplane departed controlled flight and impacted the terrain.
Factual narrative
On March 8, 1998, at 1200 central standard time, a Piper PA-28R-201T, N9882K, operated by a private pilot was substantially damaged on impact with the terrain during a go around following a landing attempt on Highway 34, six miles north and one mile east of Edgeley, North Dakota. The pilot said that the wind was from 320 degrees at 14 knots while he was landing to the west on the east/west public road near his parents residence. The pilot and two passengers reported no injuries. The personal 14 CFR Part 91 flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions. No flight plan was on file. The flight departed Jamestown, North Dakota, at 1145.
The pilot stated in his written statement that he made one pass over the road to the east to check the "surface conditions." He said that he then turned around and attempted a landing to the west. He said that he realized that the crosswind condition was too great for a safe landing, but he allowed the airplane to slow to the extent that when he attempted a go around, the airplane departed controlled flight and impacted the terrain.
The nearest reporting station to the accident was about 30 miles to the north. That station reported wind conditions 12 minutes prior to the accident to be 340 degrees at 15 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9882K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-201T (PA-28R-201)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-7803075
- Airframe hours
- 3,300
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-FB, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Isadore F. Mastel
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 31, 1997 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- JMS · Jamestown, ND
- Destination
- NONE · Edgeley, ND
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 12 °F, dew point 7 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JMS, 30 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.