- Date
- February 1, 1990, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- E. Haddam, CT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1335TPiper PA-34-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 10, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900201001719A
- Case key
- 36608
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Probable cause
The pilot failed to adequately compensate for wind conditions.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The Piper PA-34-200 was on short final to runway 14, when it encountered windshear and made a hard landing, receiving substantial damage. The FAA reported that due to a ridge line to the east, strong mechanical windshear was possible when the winds were from 090 through 170 degrees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1335T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34-7250291
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- David Lee Ingram
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- SHD · Staunton, VA
- Destination
- 42B
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 42B · Goodspeed, runway 14, 2,118 × 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 427 total · 115 in this make and model · 387 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 135° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.