- Date
- April 17, 1988, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Slatington, PA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4893LPiper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880417009379A
- Case key
- 36137
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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.
Analysis
The pilot landed at Slatington, Pennsylvania during strong wind conditions. When the pilot applied brakes, a sudden gust of wind lifted the left wing and pushed the aircraft off the right side of the runway down an embankment, and into a tree stump.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4893L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-5126
- Airframe hours
- 2,000
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A3A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Vincent J. Zaffino
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- RDG · Reading, PA
- Destination
- 69N · Slatington, PA
- Airport
- 69N · Slatington, runway 1, 2,480 × 170 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
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,500 total · 1,500 in this make and model · 15 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 12 knots, gusting 40
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °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.