- Date
- June 8, 1992, 17:17 local (21:17 UTC)
- Place
- Opa Locka, FL
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9307PPiper PA-24-260
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920608018849A
- Case key
- 33097
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind condition and failure to maintain runway alignment during the landing roll. A contributing factor was a shifting crosswind.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated that during the landing flare and touchdown he encountered a shifting crosswind. During the landing roll he did not maintain runway alignment and the airplane veered off the runway into a canal.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9307P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-260
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-4803
- Airframe hours
- 3,078
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-D, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Joseph A. Kreutle
- Registered owner
- Pern Associates Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 8, 1992 · 1 hours before
- Airport
- OPF · Opa Locka, runway 9, 5,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
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- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 593 total · 320 in this make and model · 15 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,500 ft broken
- Observed at
- OPF, 1 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 N9307P · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.