- Date
- September 17, 1985, 08:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place
- Holyoke, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3562GPiper PA-28-181
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850917045549A
- Case key
- 16763
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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.
On ground/water encounter with weather
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Loss of control - on ground/water
Compensation for wind conditions - improperCause
On ground/water collision with object
Airport facilities,wind direction indicator - loss(partial)
Terrain condition - high vegetation
Analysis
The plt landed her a/c in a right xwind and was unable to prevent the a/c from veering off the r/w. the a/c struck a wind t and came to rest in a corn field. The plt was not injured.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3562G
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-181
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-8090186
- Airframe hours
- 1,015
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360A 4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Fred & Naomi Newman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1985 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- YUM · Yuma, AZ
- Airport
- 8V5 · Holyoke, runway 17, 3,600 × 60 ft, asphalt
N3562GRegistered now · Piper PA-28-181Airframe modelPiper PA-28-181Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 311 total · 311 in this make and model · 257 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 225° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.