- Date
- April 3, 1985, 10:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place
- Justin, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7137PPiper PA-24-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850403010369A
- Case key
- 21715
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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.
Overrun
Weather condition - tailwindFactor
Wind information - misreadCause
Lack of familiarity with geographic areaCause
Planned approach - not correctedCause
Wrong runway - selectedCause
Go-around - not performedCause
On ground/water collision with object
Terrain condition - loose gravel/sandyFactor
Object - tree(s)
Aborted landing - not performedCause
Analysis
Misinterpreting the windsock, the pilot landed downwind on a short gravel strip and collided with a tree at the end.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7137P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 242302
- Airframe hours
- 2,450
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-A1A5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert Sandel
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 31, 1985 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- LFK · Lufkin, TX
- Airport
- Clark Fld, runway 36, 1,800 × ft, gravel
N7137PRegistration cancelled Jan 23, 2018 · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 28
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 389 total · 12 in this make and model · 265 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °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 N7137P · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.