- Date
- August 23, 2006, 17:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- West Milford, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4583TPiper PA-28R-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 28, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20060823022229A
- Case key
- 64414
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate compensation for the wind conditions, which resulted in a hard landing. A factor was the wind.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
During the landing flare, the pilot of the Piper PA-28R-200 reported that the airplane was "caught" by a gust of wind, while about 3 to 4 feet above the runway. The airplane impacted the runway with lateral motion that "side loaded" the landing gear and resulted in substantial damage, though the pilot did not feel the landing was particularly hard. The pilot reported that a crosswind of 10 to 15 knots was present at the time of the accident.
Factual narrative
During the landing flare, the pilot of the Piper PA-28R-200 reported that the airplane was "caught" by a gust of wind, while about 3 to 4 feet above the runway. The airplane impacted the runway with lateral motion that "side loaded" the landing gear and resulted in substantial damage, though the pilot did not feel the landing was particularly hard. The pilot reported that a crosswind of 10 to 15 knots was present at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4583T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-7235099
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Piper Tango LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 4N1 · West Milford, NJ
- Destination
- 4N1
- Airport
- 4N1 · Greenwood Lake Airport, runway 24, 3,470 × 60 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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3
- Flight hours
- 375 total · 200 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 10 knots, gusting 15
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.