- Date
- August 14, 1989, 08:25 local (14:25 UTC)
- Place
- Bountiful, UT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3128PConsolidated Aeronautics Lake LA-4-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890814029159A
- Case key
- 17767
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Probable cause
Inadequate compensation for wind conditions by the pilot and his failure to maintain directional control during the landing. The pilot's inadequate preflight preparation (lack of a weather briefing) and the weather conditions were 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
Drg arrival, the plt made a straight-in apch to rwy 16 in winds that he estimated were variable at 20 gusting 55 KTS. He rprtd that drg the landing roll, the acft was lifted by a gust of wind. He applied power & the acft settled back onto the rwy. However, the plt lost directional control & the acft subsequently struck 2 parked airplanes before coming to rest.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3128P
- Reported as
- Consolidated Aeronautics Lake LA-4-200 (LAKE LA-4-)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 985
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Axtel Construction Co., Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- NONE · Garden City, UT
- Destination
- BTF
- Airport
- BTF · Bountiful Skypark, runway 16, 4,700 × 60 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
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Flight hours
- 1,000 total · 50 in this make and model · 15 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 20 knots, gusting 55
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.