- Date
- April 20, 1989, 17:31 local (Apr 21, 1989, 00:31 UTC)
- Place
- Hollbrook, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N12428Waco QCF
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890420009469A
- Case key
- 26384
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane due to gusting wind conditions. The pilot did not adequately correct the situation before the airplane traveled into soft terrain.
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
During a landing, the airplane made a three point touchdown.a gust of wind caught the airplane which became airborne. The pilot attempted to reland, however, the landing was hard and the airplane bounced. The pilot added full power when the airplane began to ground loop. Unable to maintain control, the airplane exited the runway into a sandy area. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical difficulties with the airplane at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12428
- Reported as
- Waco QCF
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3569
- Engine
- Continental W-670-6A, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Windstar Aviation Corp
- Registered owner
- Windstar Aviation Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 11, 1989 · 7 hours before
- Departed
- Carefree, AZ
- Destination
- P14 · Hollbrook, AZ
- Airport
- P14 · Hollbrook, runway 21, 6,700 × 75 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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 2,470 total · 72 in this make and model · 322 as pilot in command · 33 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 225° at 25 knots, gusting 35
- Visibility
- 10 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 N12428 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.