- Date
- October 25, 1990, 10:55 local (14:55 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Myers, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N98077Piper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901025050199A
- Case key
- 32786
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain directional control while landing with shifting gusty winds.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
While landing on runway 5 with winds reported to be from 360 at 8 knots pilot encounter gust from left. Left wing was lifted and right wing and nose area of aircraft struck runway. Winds were reported to be from 300 at 12 knots four minutes after the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N98077
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-26029
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Sartain, Ernest P.
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- TMB · Miami, FL
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- FMY · Pace Field, runway 5, 6,401 × 150 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
- 27
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 40 total · 40 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,100 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FMY
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 N98077 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.