- Date
- April 27, 1985, 13:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Oroville, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N15420Piper PA-32-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850427019929A
- Case key
- 24707
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Analysis
After overflying the arpt to evaluate local conditions, the PIC elected to land on rwy 01. The wind was estimated from 330 degs at 15 KTS with gusts to 20 KTS. The PIC reported that on final apch with the acft's flaps fully extended, she observed that the wind had changed from a left to right x-wind. The PIC reduced pwr (under direction of the safety plt), the airspeed decreased & the acft bounced hard on its nose gear. The PIC lost control of the acft, & the safety plt, the spouse of the PIC, took control of the acft. The safety plt reported that the acft continued to drift left off the rwy. He stated that his seat was in a rearward position, & after he applied full pwr in an attempt at going around he was unable to reach the rudder pedals. The acft veered off the rwy & the safety plt aborted the attempted go around. The acft collided with a fence & came to a stop in a parking lot 150 yds from the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15420
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-7340042
- Airframe hours
- 4,800
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1A5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Michael B. Weisman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 4, 1985 · 16 hours before
- Departed
- SNS · Salinas, CA
- Destination
- OVE · Oroville, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- OVE · Oroville Muni, runway 1, 5,960 × 150 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 131 total · 124 in this make and model · 64 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °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 N15420 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.