- Date
- October 27, 1984, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Farmington, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N82587Piper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841027062639A
- Case key
- 35641
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
According to the plt, during the landing flare the wind shifted causing the acft to drift off the left side of the rwy striking rwy lights and a pole. Winds were from 230 deg at 10 KTS gusting to 15.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N82587
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-8116026
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lu, Davison C.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- W10 · Manassas, VA
- Destination
- 9G7 · Nemacolin, PA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 9G7 · Farmington, runway 22, 3,000 × 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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 95 total · 40 in this make and model · 54 as pilot in command · 39 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
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 N82587 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.