- Date
- April 2, 1985, 14:50 local (21:50 UTC)
- Place
- Kemmerer, WY
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1085HPiper PA-28-181
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850402013999A
- Case key
- 16657
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
On April 2, 1985, an inexperienced pvt plt attempted to land on a runway with a 24KT crosswind at Kemmerer, WY. The favorable runway was closed due to snow accumulations. On the third attempt the acft landed hard and bounced into the air. The plt attempted to go around but the acft stalled, veered off the runway and collided with a snow bank. The acft received substantial damage and the plt recvd minor injuries.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1085H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-181
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7790285
- Airframe hours
- 2,931
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jamie A. Flanders
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 6, 1984 · 63 hours before
- Airport
- EMM · Kemmerer, runway 22, 4,000 × 70 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
- 19
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 65 total · 65 in this make and model · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 16 knots, gusting 24
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 31.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.