- Date
- April 14, 1993, 13:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Boca Raton, FL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3071NPiper PA-28RT-201T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 10, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930414034559A
- Case key
- 33254
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot-in-command to maintain directional control while landing with a crosswind.
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
The pilot was attempting a landing with a strong left crosswind. He stated he lost control of the airplane on the ground and the airplane skidded to the left, collapsing the right main landing gear and damaging the right wing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3071N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28RT-201T (PA-28RT-20)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7931060
- Airframe hours
- 3,142
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-FB2, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bairrister Inc.
- Registered owner
- Bairrister Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 19, 1993 · 15 hours before
- Departed
- BCT
- Airport
- BCT · Boca Raton, runway 23, 5,197 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 398 total · 331 in this make and model · 378 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FXE, 12 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.