- Date
- October 13, 1982, 16:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Redlands, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8256HPiper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report October 13, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821013052899A
- Case key
- 72361
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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
Compensation for wind conditions - improperCause
Lack of total experience
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertentCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - rough/unevenFactor
Analysis
The student pilot reported that he landed in a crosswind with gust up to 15 KTS and overcorrected for a swerve. The aircraft swerved off the runway and was damaged when it encountered mounds of dirt and rocks where construction was underway on the airfield.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8256H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- UNKNOWN
- Airframe hours
- 769
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard E. Durant
- Registered owner
- Richard E. Durant
- Departed
- Redlands, CA
- Destination
- Redlands, CA
- Airport
- Redlands Municipal, runway 26, 4,500 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 52
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 21 total · 21 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 180° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 185 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.