- Date
- May 29, 1989, 13:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Rangely, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N8065DPiper PA-22-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 18, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890529013189A
- Case key
- 17714
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Probable cause
Improper planning/decision by the pilot. The high wind, gusts, the pilot's lack of recent experience, and his lack of familiarity with the aircraft's new handling characteristics were considered to be contributing factors.
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 plt rprtd he was making a left turn onto rwy 24, when the strong/gusty wind pushed the acft to the right side of the rwy. As the right (downwind) wheel dropped off the pavement, the left wing lifted, then the prop & right wing tip contacted the ground & the acft went over to an inverted position. The plt estd the wind was from 220 deg at 30 KTS. This was his 1st flt after a wing lift modification (to extend the wing tips) had been installed. He stated the acft had been in the shop for about 90 days & he had lost 'the edge' from lack of (recent) flt time. Also, he said he was not familiar with the new handling characteristics of the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8065D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-5588
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A1A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lowell T Angle
- Departed
- 4VO
- Destination
- 74V · Roosevelt, UT
- Airport
- 4V0 · Rangely, runway 24, 4,500 × 75 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
- 44
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Expired
- Flight hours
- 398 total · 190 in this make and model · 2 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 30 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °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.