- Date
- June 29, 1986, 16:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Daytona Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N62074Piper J5C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860629034819A
- Case key
- 31664
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt stated that he overflew the arpt to observe the wind direction as indicated by the wind sock. Upon landing on rwy 23, he lost control of the acft due to a left quartering tailwind. The acft then went through a chain link fence & came to rest in a retention pond.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62074
- Reported as
- Piper J5C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5-1495
- Airframe hours
- 2,000
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Paul M. Mack
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1986 · 15 hours before
- Airport
- 44J · Spruce Creek, runway 23, 3,300 × 100 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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,875 total · 30 in this make and model · 1,525 as pilot in command · 75 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DAB, 6 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.