- Date
- February 20, 1990, 15:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Ely, MN
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4859APiper PA-22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900220002499A
- Case key
- 34934
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Probable cause
Improper planning/decision by the pilot. A factor related to the accident was: the strong/gusty crosswind condition.
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
As the plt was taking off on rwy 30, the tailwheel converted acft turned into the wind. Subsequently, it went off the left side of the runway & nosed over. The 1520 CST wind was from 210 deg at 10 gusting 25 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4859A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4015
- Airframe hours
- 2,924
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A1A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jenc, Paul
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 16, 1989 · 25 hours before
- Destination
- H1B · Hibbing, MN
- Airport
- ELO · Ely, runway 30, 5,600 × 100 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
- 48
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 3,000 total · 25 in this make and model · 25 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 10 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- ELO, 1 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 N4859A · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.