- Date
- June 17, 1984, 18:05 local (23:05 UTC)
- Place
- Cleburne, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3491NPiper PA-22-135
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 21374
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Hard landing
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedFactor
Planned approach - not followedFactor
Proper descent rate - exceededFactor
Flare - misjudgedCause
Recovery from bounced landing - improperFactor
Loss of control - in flight
Weather condition - crosswind
Directional control - not maintainedCause
In flight collision with object
Object - tree(s)
Analysis
Landing apch too high. Plt flared too high above ground resulting in an excessive sink rate on initial touchdown. Acft bounced back into air in a nose high attitude and 'a very low rate of speed.' Plt lost control of acft as rt quartering headwind blew acft into trees. Plt stated treeline was located too close to edge of airstrip.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3491N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-135
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-1763
- Airframe hours
- 2,620
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D2, 135 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Mark R. Deans
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 20, 1983
- Airport
- runway 18, 1,400 × ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 130 total · 25 in this make and model · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 195° at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 99 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg