- Date
- August 23, 1990, 16:35 local (21:35 UTC)
- Place
- Destin, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8756PPiper PA24-260
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900823036379A
- Case key
- 32693
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Probable cause
The pilots failure to obtain accurate wind information resulting in the airplane being blown off the runway on landing when a gust which exceeded the crosswind capability of the airplane was encountered.
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
Pilot received runway information from UNICOM but did not receive wind information. He noticed on approach that the wind sock was pointing perpendicular to the runway but not fully extended. On landing the airplane encounter a wind gust from the right which exceeded the crosswind capabilities of the airplane. Directional control was lost and the airplane departed the runway. All three landing gear collapsed when sand was encountered next to the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8756P
- Reported as
- Piper PA24-260
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-4206
- Airframe hours
- 1,916
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-D4A5, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard A. Bedard
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 19, 1989 · 71 hours before
- Departed
- SPX · Houston, TX
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 81J · Destin-Fort Walton Beach, runway 14, 5,000 × 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
- Age
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 240 total · 75 in this make and model · 240 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 9 knots, gusting 16
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VPS, 5 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 N8756P · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.