- Date
- September 11, 1990, 13:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Idalia, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9571PPiper PA-25-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900911039109A
- Case key
- 17799
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Probable cause
The encounter with an unfavorable wind, a dust devil. A factor was the inability of the pilot to maintain directional control.
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
During landing roll, after returning from a local test flight, the aircraft encountered a dust devil. This encounter caused the aircraft to veer 45 degrees to the right and it struck a fence causing substantial damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9571P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25-7405681
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Toberman Flying Service, Inc.
- Departed
- NONE
- Airport
- NONE · Toberman, runway 18, 2,500 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 2,895 total · 1,357 in this make and model · 350 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 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.