- Date
- October 7, 1989, 14:10 local (21:10 UTC)
- Place
- Paso Robles, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2515TPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891007039319A
- Case key
- 26666
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Probable cause
The student pilot's failure to adequately compensate for the cross wind condition.
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
The 44-HR student pilot failed to observe & understand that the uncontrolled arpt's 3 windsocks & wind tee were indicating that rwy 13 was favorable for landing. The pilot landed on rwy 31, experienced a rt quartering tailwind, drifted off the lt side of the rwy & nosed over in a plowed field.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2515T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-78A0820
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- C&K Aviation Inc., doing business as California Aviation
- Registered owner
- C&K Aviation, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Departed
- SZP · Santa Paula, CA
- Destination
- PRB · Paso Robles, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- PRB · Paso Robles, runway 31, 4,700 × 100 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
- 30
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 44 total · 44 in this make and model · 10 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PRB
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.