- Date
- October 8, 1985, 10:27 local (17:27 UTC)
- Place
- Paradise, CA
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3643WPiper PA-32-260
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851008053809A
- Case key
- 24995
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft touched dwn tail first during lndging to the rt of the rwy. The plt indicated he was lndging in a gusting x-wind which drifted him during a nose high hard lndg. No mechanical difficulties were reported by the plt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3643W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-260
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- PA32-546
- Airframe hours
- 3,872
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-E4B5, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Paradise Air Center
- Registered owner
- Budd Williams Land Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 15, 1985 · 77 hours before
- Departed
- 045 · Vacaville, CA
- Airport
- Q88 · Paradise Skypark, runway 35, 1,990 × 80 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
- 21
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 152 total · 16 in this make and model · 96 as pilot in command · 56 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °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 N3643W · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.