- Date
- April 1, 1982, 09:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Butler, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2998RPiper PA-28R-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 1, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820401007399A
- Case key
- 70090
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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
Approximately 100 feet after touchdown a gust of wind lifted the left wing of the aircraft turning it into the wind. Directional control was lost and the aircraft collided with two parked aircraft. A PA-22, N54572, and an Ercoupe, N93552, both of which sustained substantial damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2998R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 35390
- Airframe hours
- 2,037
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James P. Chick
- Registered owner
- James P. Chick
- Departed
- Butler, PA
- Destination
- Butler, PA
- Airport
- Butler-Farm Show, runway 36, 2,600 × 38 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
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 158 total · 158 in this make and model · 116 as pilot in command · 29 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 131 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.