- Date
- February 16, 1991, 15:10 local (23:10 UTC)
- Place
- So. Lake Tahoe, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N47569Piper PA28-201T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910216002659A
- Case key
- 27115
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Probable cause
The pilot failed to properly compensate for the wind conditions, abruptly flared the airplane, and inadvertenly stalled the airplane. Contributing to this accident was windshear.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot was landing on runway 18. The local controller cautioned the pilot of possible windshear. The winds at the center of the runway were 180 degrees at 10 knots, but the winds at the north end were light and variable. Ground witnesses reported that the airplane flared abruptly and then stalled. The pilot also reported that the airplane's airspeed diminished rapidly during the flare maneuver and the nose pitched up abruptly and turned right 45 degrees relative to the runway bearing. Examination of the wreckage disclosed the airplane struck the ground in a nose-right and down attitude.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47569
- Reported as
- Piper PA28-201T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R7703400
- Engine
- Continental TSI0-360-F, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Squadron II Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Terry Crum & Robert Shook
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- SJC · San Jose, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- TVL · Tahoe Valley, runway 18, 8,544 × 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
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 150 total · 4 in this make and model · 106 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Observed at
- TVL, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.