- Date
- November 18, 1989, 11:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Rancho Calif, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1963HPiper PA-28-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 22, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891118046429A
- Case key
- 26691
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Probable cause
The pilot's loss of directional control during a crosswind landing.
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 pilot reported he lost directional control during a gusty crosswind landing causing the aircraft to depart the runway and run across a gully.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1963H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7710010
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-B4BS, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Airmech Inc.
- Departed
- L39 · Ramona, CA
- Airport
- F70 · French Valley, runway 18, 4,600 × 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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 304 total · 33 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 81 °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.