- Date
- July 25, 1990, 16:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Plymouth, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N32446Piper PA-32-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900725028979A
- Case key
- 32686
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Probable cause
The pilots decision to depart for his destination airport in the path of approaching thunderstorms resulting in the encounter with wind gusts during landing which exceeded his limitations.
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
Plt departed for destination without receiving a weather briefing. After takeoff he noticed thunderstorms in area. He continued to his destination and received runway and wind information from UNICOM. A goaround was made from his first approach due to gusty winds. While flaring to land after his second approach the airplane drifted to the left due to the crosswind. A goaround was attempted however the flight collided with a parked airplane before a climb could be established. The elevator was damaged in the collision and a forced landing was made in a field 3 miles from the airport.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N32446
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-7540041
- Airframe hours
- 1,061
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1A5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bosse, Wolfe
- Registered owner
- Vosse, Wolfe
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 12, 1990 · 43 hours before
- Departed
- ORL · Orlando, FL
- Airport
- X04 · Orlando Country, runway 33, 3,000 × 30 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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 88 total · 68 in this make and model · 26 as pilot in command · 68 in the last 90 days · 37 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 16 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,300 ft broken
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ORL, 17 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.