- Date
- May 21, 1989, 22:25 local (May 22, 1989, 03:25 UTC)
- Place
- Boise City, OK
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2211TPiper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report June 26, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890521012299A
- Case key
- 22772
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Probable cause
An inadvertent stall resulting from the pilot's failure to maintain control of the aircraft and to maintain sufficient airspeed. The dark night and adverse wind conditions were contributing factors.
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 aircraft was returning from a cross-country in dark night conditions and observed en route to the airport for what appeared to be a straight-in landing to the northeast. The pilot had earlier reported turbulence and some concern with the landing winds. The aircraft was discovered the next morning in a location consistent with a crosswind to runway 4. Impact was a steep nose down and left wing down attitude. Witnesses reported strong gusty winds and a large thunderstorm to the northeast at the time of the accident. The airport area is an isolated location with little or no visual reference for night operations to the north of the airport.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2211T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7105187
- Airframe hours
- 4,595
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Potter, Don E.
- Registered owner
- Don E Potter
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1988 · 97 hours before
- Departed
- 4AC · Albuquerque, NM
- Airport
- 17K · Boise City, runway 4, 4,211 × 60 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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,500 total · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 45° at 20 knots, gusting 35
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.