- Date
- March 21, 1993, 11:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Las Animas, CO
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4245RPiper PA-32-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930321005769A
- Case key
- 18276
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
Failure by the pilot in command to maintain control of the aircraft. A factor was: wind gusts.
Analysis
While conducting a visual approach to land, following a cross country flight, the aircraft was struck by a gust of wind and drifted off the side of the runway. The pilot initiated a go around and the aircraft struck a mound of dirt beside the runway.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4245R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-40611
- Airframe hours
- 3,200
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1A5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Long, William L. And Nancy A.
- Registered owner
- Long, William L. And Nancy A.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 29, 1992 · 107 hours before
- Departed
- CNM · Carlsbad, NM
- Airport
- 7V9 · Bent County, runway 8, 3,800 × 40 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 580 total · 135 in this make and model · 540 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 10 knots, gusting 20
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N4245R · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.