- Date
- April 5, 1988, 16:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Springfield, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N62551Piper PA-23-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880405007529A
- Case key
- 34556
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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
While attempting to land on a narrow runway, with approaching thunderstorms within 4 miles of the airport, directional control was lost by the plt during the rollout. Plt stated a sudden change in surface wind direction made it impossible for him to maintain directional control, and the aircraft veered off the runway onto the soft, muddy shoulder. The nose gear collapsed and both propellers were damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62551
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 27-7654033
- Airframe hours
- 3,024
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540-C1A, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Scott Charters, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 26, 1987 · 11 hours before
- Departed
- VIH · Rolla, MO
- Destination
- 3DW · Springfield, MO
- Airport
- 3DW · Springfield Dtwn, runway 28, 3,800 × 35 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
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,166 total · 50 in this make and model · 965 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SGF, 8 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.