- Date
- September 11, 1999, 12:57 local (16:57 UTC)
- Place
- Canton, GA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6757WPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 21, 2000
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19990911041349A
- Case key
- 47484
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Probable cause
the pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions and failure to maintain directional control during.
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
Witnesses stated that a wind gust caught the airplane while it was landing in a crosswind. The airplane veered to the left, exited the runway, and collided with an embankment. The pilot stated that he did not remember anything after initiating the landing flare. An examination of the airplane did not reveal any preexisting failure or malfunction which would have resulted in the accident.
Factual narrative
On September 11, 1999, about 1257 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-28-140, N6757W, registered to a private owner, operated as a 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight, crashed on landing at Cherokee County Airport, Canton, Georgia. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time, and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft received substantial damage, and the private-rated pilot received serious injuries. The flight originated from Canton, Georgia, the same day, about 1200.
The pilot stated that he remembered nothing after initiating the landing flare. Witnesses stated that upon landing in a crosswind, a gust caught the aircraft and the pilot lost control and veered off to the left, exiting the runway, and colliding with an embankment. A postcrash examination of the aircraft by an FAA inspector did not reveal any preexisting failure or malfunction which would have resulted in the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6757W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-20881
- Airframe hours
- 3,173
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James D. Hall
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 15, 1998 · 58 hours before
- Departed
- 47A
- Airport
- 47A · Cherokee County Airport, runway 4, 3,414 × 75 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MGE, 29 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 N6757W · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.