- Date
- July 4, 1987, 12:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Huron, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8273PPiper PA-28-181
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870704070809A
- Case key
- 25629
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
At the end of a cross country flight,the plt applied the brakes on touch down. The acft veered to the left and the plt applied the right brake, however, the left main landing gear went off the edge of the rwy. The acft went out of control, exited the rwy and nosed over. There were no mechanical failures or malfunctions reported at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8273P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-181
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 288190049
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Air Trails, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Air Trails Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- SNS · Salinas, CA
- Destination
- Huron, CA
- Airport
- Anderson, runway 29, 2,600 × ft, gravel
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 350 total · 4 in this make and model · 230 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- NLC, 10 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.