- Date
- November 19, 1984, 09:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Antrim, NH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4379NPiper PA-28RT-201T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841119063339A
- Case key
- 35650
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Remedial action - attempted
Hazardous materials leak/spill
Object - tree(s)
Analysis
Plt stated, a wind shift occurred on short final resulting in a sudden uncontrollable yaw to the left. Right aileron and full power was added, however, the acft contacted trees before recovery was made.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4379N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28RT-201T (PA-28RT-20)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R8431026
- Airframe hours
- 129
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-FB9, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Hawthorne College
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · November 6, 1984 · 27 hours before
- Airport
- 8B1 · Hawthorne, runway 1, 3,475 × 80 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
- 23
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,125 total · 187 in this make and model · 1,023 as pilot in command · 229 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.