- Date
- June 8, 1990, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Wahpeton, ND
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N32922Piper J3C-65
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900608019459A
- Case key
- 17945
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Probable cause
Inadequate compensation for the wind conditions by the pilot. A factor was a strong cross wind, with gusts.
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 commercial pilot landed for fuel. During the landing roll, the cross wind lifted the left wing, and tail section. The plane skidded off the runway to the right and entered a drainage ditch. The tail section was bent upwards, the nose, engine mount, and firewall were bent upwards. Winds were reported from 270 degrees at 23, gusting to 32 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N32922
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5713
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Donald V. Bottelberghe
- Departed
- 3ND0 · Northwood, ND
- Destination
- BWP · Marshall, MN
- Airport
- BWP · Harry Stern, runway 33, 4,400 × 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
- 21
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 317 total · 117 in this make and model · 184 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 18 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 23 knots, gusting 32
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 13,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FAR
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.