- Date
- May 28, 1989, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Oneonta, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6470JPiper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890528013349A
- Case key
- 36412
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Probable cause
The pilot lost control of the aircraft while landing in gusty wind conditions.
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 of the Piper PA-28 was landing when he encountered moderate turbulence and cross winds. The pilot was making a no flap landing, maintaining a high airspeed and in a left crab. When the main gear touched down the aircraft slid to the left, the right wing hit the runway and then the nose gear collapsed. The aircraft slid on the runway and came to rest in the grass, about 50 feet from the end of the runway pavement.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6470J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-4896
- Airframe hours
- 3,002
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Tom Barone
- Registered owner
- Fom Barone
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1989 · 2,964 hours before
- Departed
- 06N · Middletown, NY
- Destination
- N66 · Oneonta, NY
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- N66 · Oneonta, runway 6, 3,400 × 75 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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total · 1,950 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Day
- Wind
- 320° at 20 knots, gusting 25
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point -0 °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.