- Date
- December 3, 1988, 14:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lakeview, AR
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4344FPiper PA-28
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881203053329A
- Case key
- 34733
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a personal cross country flight, the newly certificated private pilot said he was attempting to land on a 3200 foot grass strip with an existing gusting crosswind. He lost directional control during the landing, hit a runway light, tearing off the left gear and damaging the wing and fuselage. The acft had been modified from a 150 horsepower engine to a 180 horsepower engine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4344F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 287715021
- Airframe hours
- 2,600
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Stewart R. V.
- Registered owner
- Stewart Aviaton Service Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 23, 1988 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- LIT · Little Rock, AR
- Airport
- 3MO · Gastons, runway 24, 3,200 × 100 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
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 57 total · 12 in this make and model · 25 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 6 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.