- Date
- July 1, 1983, 18:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Toughkenamon, PA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3286KGlobe GC-1B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830701027959A
- Case key
- 35218
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Analysis
The plt was practicing stop & go landings on rwy 24. He stated that the acft was in a normal landing configuration at 68 mph, aprx 8 ft AGL, when it encountered a downdraft. According to him, the downdraft resulted from wind blowing over trees paralleling the left side of the rwy. The acft touched down in a 3-point attitude, the wheels dug in the ground aprx 6 inches & the cowling & windshield were damaged at that time. The plt reported the acft came down about 200 ft further down the rwy in a 20 deg nose low attitude.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3286K
- Reported as
- Globe GC-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1279
- Airframe hours
- 2,053
- Engine
- Continental C-125, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- E. R. Galli & N. J. Martell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 28, 1982
- Departed
- N57 · Toughkenamon, PA
- Airport
- N57 · New Garden, runway 24, 3,400 × 50 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 49
- Certificates
- Private, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 987 total · 11 in this make and model · 781 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ILG, 13 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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