- Date
- February 7, 1985, 13:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Merritt Island, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8591NPiper PA-28R-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850207004009A
- Case key
- 31349
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Weather condition - tailwindFactor
Wrong runway - selectedFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - inadequateCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment
Analysis
Plt lost directional control and the acft collided with a dirt embankment while landing. The acft was landed with a right rear crosswind.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8591N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R7135127
- Airframe hours
- 3,627
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Timothy C. Loss
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 9, 1984 · 22 hours before
- Departed
- COI · Merritt Island, FL
- Destination
- COI · Merritt Island, FL
- Airport
- COI · Merritt Island, runway 29, 3,600 × 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
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 250 total · 11 in this make and model · 219 as pilot in command · 39 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 17 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TIX, 12 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.
Other investigations on N8591N · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.