- Date
- March 11, 1995, 16:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hobart, OK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8514WPiper PA-28-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 19, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19950311003689A
- Case key
- 19366
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate compensation for the wind conditions. A factor was the gusty wind condition.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot was flaring for landing when a wind gust raised the left wing. Full power was added to go around, but the right wing tip contacted the ground and the airplane impacted terrain on a track 90 degrees to the runway. Gusts to 33 knots were reported at 1609 CST.
Factual narrative
On March 11, 1995, at 1600 central standard time, a Piper PA-28- 235, N8514W, was substantially damaged during landing at Hobart, Oklahoma. The private pilot and two passengers were not injured. One passenger received minor injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the personal cross country flight from Borger, Texas to Mena, Arkansas.
The pilot reported the information in the following paragraph. He decided to land at Hobart Municipal Airport due to deteriorating visibility. While he was flaring the airplane for landing on runway 17, a wind gust raised the left wing. Full power was added in an attempt to go around; however, the right wing tip contacted the ground. The airplane then "bellied in at a 90 degree angle to the runway on the grass." After exiting the airplane, the pilot noticed that the wind direction was "changing abruptly by about 30 degrees."
A Federal Aviation Administration Inspector examined the wreckage and made the following observations. The first ground strike was 425 yards south and 94 yards west of the north end of runway 17 where a panel from the left wing was located. The airplane came to rest a total distance of 168 yards west of the runway. Damage included separation of the engine, the left main landing gear, and the nose landing gear, deformation of the firewall, and an upward bending of the outboard left and right wings.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8514W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-10015
- Airframe hours
- 4,305
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-B2B5, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bortech Ltd
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 15, 1995 · 7 hours before
- Departed
- BGD · Borger, TX
- Destination
- M39 · Mena, AR
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- HBR · Hobart Municipal, runway 17, 5,264 × 150 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 173 total · 85 in this make and model · 116 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 18 knots, gusting 33
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HBR
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 N8514W · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.