- Date
- April 24, 1990, 18:20 local (23:20 UTC)
- Place
- Thedford, NE
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N78812Piper PA-11
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900424011729A
- Case key
- 34970
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Probable cause
The pilot in command's failure to compensate for wind while landing resulting in loss of directional control and collision with terrain.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
While attempting to land the tail wheel configured acft, during gusty, cross wind conditions, the newly certificated pvt plt lost directional control. The acft veered off the runway resulting in substantial damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N78812
- Reported as
- Piper PA-11
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 11-1585
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Most, Gordon G.
- Departed
- AIA · Alliance, NE
- Destination
- 5V3
- Airport
- 5V3 · Thomas Co., runway 26, 2,800 × 50 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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 114 total · 66 in this make and model · 75 as pilot in command · 81 in the last 90 days · 36 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 20 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MHN, 10 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.