- Date
- April 1, 1989, 12:39 local (20:39 UTC)
- Place
- Lancaster, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N3508ZPiper PA-22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 19, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890401011569A
- Case key
- 26369
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Probable cause
Improper planning/decision by the pilot. Strong/gusty winds contributed to the accident.
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.
Analysis
After landing on rwy 24, the plt elected to exit at the midfield intersection. As he was taxiing off the rwy, a strong gust of wind occurred which blew the acft over on its top.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3508Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Unknown
- Registered owner
- Kofler, Carl
- Departed
- Cottonwood, AZ
- Airport
- WJF · William J Fox Airfield, runway 24, 5,001 × 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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 300 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 25 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.