- Date
- March 9, 1985, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Andover, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N81385Fairchild 24W-46
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850309008539A
- Case key
- 35838
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt reported that the wind was from 300 deg at 12 gusting 20 KTS. While on final apch to land, the acft encountered a gust & settled prematurely. It drifted to the left & the left wheel entered a grassy area. The plt initiated corrective action, then the acft veered right, hit a snowbank & was damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N81385
- Reported as
- Fairchild 24W-46
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 46-285
- Airframe hours
- 1,284
- Engine
- Jacobs L-4-MB, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jaseph Bowser
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 2, 1985
- Airport
- Aeroflex, runway 21, 2,004 × 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
- 62
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 966 total · 4 in this make and model · 914 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 12 knots, gusting 20
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.