- Date
- September 25, 1992, 15:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place
- Gasquet, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3410MPiper PA-32-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920925039019A
- Case key
- 27776
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Probable cause
The pilot failed to receive available wind information and selected the wrong landing runway. A contributing factor related to his expecting the local wind to be coming from the same direction as it had been reported at a neighboring airport.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot reported that he received wind information for an airport near his destination, and the wind was reported from the northwest. Upon arriving at his destination airport the pilot said that he had a 'mind set for runway 24.' The pilot touched down long on the runway. Unable to stop, the airplane overran the runway's end, collided with rough terrain, a fence and a tree. The pilot further indicated that his decision to select runway 24 was related to the fact that the wind sock at the approach end of the runway was limp. The windsock at the departure end of the runway indicated a 10 knot tailwind existed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3410M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-7840064
- Airframe hours
- 1,895
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K165, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Howard Toner
- Registered owner
- Howard Toner
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 22, 1992 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- CCR · Concord, CA
- Airport
- 009 · Ward, runway 24, 2,990 × 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
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 301 total · 174 in this make and model · 220 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 10 knots, gusting 12
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.