- Date
- June 30, 1989, 15:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Telluride, CO
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N82908Piper PA-32R-301T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890630035269A
- Case key
- 17741
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during an encounter with turbulence. Contributing to the accident was the turbulence.
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 private plt and his family, were making an x-country flight. The plt reported an approach to rwy 27, a 6,900 x 75 ft, asphalt rwy, with winds estimated from 315 degrees at 15 knots. According to the plt, the airplane encountered a 'gust from below'. The plt described low level turbulence and said he lost track of the airspeed. He said he heard the stall horn and the airplane fell about 10 ft to the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N82908
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R-301T (PA-32R-301)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-8324001
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540-S1AD, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Martin Aviation, Inc
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- INW · Winslow, AZ
- Destination
- TEX
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- TEX · Telluride Reg., runway 27, 6,900 × 25 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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 220 total · 11 in this make and model · 155 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 315° at 15 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.