- Date
- August 18, 1990, 09:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Weaverville, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6702BPiper PA-22-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900818034009A
- Case key
- 26897
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the aircraft. The existing wind conditions and the ditch that was located near the runway were factors in 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
The pilot elected to land on a 3 1/2 percent (about 2 degrees) up sloping runway with a wind gusting to 16 knots in the direction of landing. After the aircraft slowed during the landing, it turned left into an open ditch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6702B
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-4034
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hines, James W.
- Departed
- 086 · Trinity Center, CA
- Destination
- 054
- Airport
- 054 · Lonnie Pool Field, runway 36, 3,380 × 50 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
- 54
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,475 total · 184 in this make and model · 1,373 as pilot in command · 166 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 7 knots, gusting 16
- Visibility
- 50 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.