- Date
- April 28, 1993, 12:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place
- La Belle, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5712ZPiper PA-22-108
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930428014429A
- Case key
- 33263
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Probable cause
The pilot in commands failure to correct for wind conditions during landing rollout resulting in the aircraft flipping over during wind gust encounter.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated the wind was not greater than 15 knots during his preflight inspection. As he taxied for takeoff the wind became gusty. After takeoff the wind gusts became significantly greater. He returned for a landing on the grass area adjacent to runway 14. During landing rollout the easterly wind gusts lifted his left wing and the aircraft flipped over the right wing and nose and came to rest inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5712Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-108
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-9551
- Airframe hours
- 4,973
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C1B, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Haering, Harold J.
- Registered owner
- Billy F. Martin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 21, 1992 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- X14
- Airport
- X14 · La Belle Municipal, runway 14, 3,200 × 75 ft, grass/turf
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 380 total · 374 in this make and model · 380 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 12 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FMY, 30 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.