- Date
- October 14, 1983, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Crystal City, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2395LPiper PA-38
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831014054499A
- Case key
- 21182
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - inadequateCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Lack of total experienceFactor
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertent
Nose gear collapsed
Landing gear,nose gear - overload
Nose over
Analysis
While landing on a ranch strip, the acft encountered & sudden gust of wind & drifted off the pavement. The wing & gear of the acft collided with tall sunflower that were growing beside the strip. Subsequently, the nose gear collapsed & the acft nosed over. According to the plt, the wind was from 100 deg at 15 gusting 20 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2395L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-79A0692
- Airframe hours
- 1,150
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Sagebrush Publishing Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 17, 1983
- Departed
- Temple, TX
- Airport
- Cometa Farms, runway 15, 3,000 × ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 23
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 60 total · 60 in this make and model · 38 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °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.