- Date
- September 25, 1987, 16:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hamburg, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N400AWRyan ST-3RR
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870925056419A
- Case key
- 30743
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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.
Nose over
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Terrain condition - softFactor
Terrain condition - wetFactor
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Analysis
According to the plt, when he arrived at the arpt, the winds were from 280 deg at 20 gusting 25 KTS. He believed that with the strong x-wind & gusts, it would be safer to land on sod beside the rwy. During the landing, the main gear sank into the sod & the acft nosed over. The plt stated the sod was soft after a heavy rain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N400AW
- Reported as
- Ryan ST-3RR
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- ST3RR
- Airframe hours
- 3,236
- Engine
- Kinner R-56, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Howard R. Hill
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 9, 1987 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- Geneseo, NY
- Airport
- 4G2 · Hamburg Airdrome, runway 19, 2,500 × 50 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 66
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 850 total · 20 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 20 knots, gusting 25
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.