- Date
- December 4, 1985, 17:30 local (Dec 5, 1985, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- San Jose, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N82009Piper PA-32-301
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851204064249A
- Case key
- 25034
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After completing a personal flight the plt landed the acft. Upon touchdown on the 8899 ft-long by 150 ft-wide rwy the plt failed to maintain directional control of the acft. There was a 70 deg, 8 kt. Right x-wind. The acft overran the runway's edge, entered a soft shoulder & abruptly came to a stop upon veering 90 deg to its course. The plt, who had 28.6 hrs of time in the model acft, acknowledged that had she applied more rudder & brake pressure the accident could have been prevented.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N82009
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-301
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-8206033
- Airframe hours
- 1,142
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1G5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- S&G Flight Services
- Registered owner
- Dyall & Alnita
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 15, 1985 · 15 hours before
- Departed
- 2Q1 · Visalia, CA
- Destination
- SJC · San Jose, CA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- SJC · San Jose Intl., runway 12, 8,899 × 150 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
- 27
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 428 total · 29 in this make and model · 411 as pilot in command · 98 in the last 90 days · 55 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 190° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SJC
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 N82009 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.