- Date
- May 19, 1990, 11:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Albany, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N47566Piper PA-28-181
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 6, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900519016759A
- Case key
- 36651
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Probable cause
The pilot's poor judgement in attempting to land the airplane under the existing 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 airplane cartwheeled off the right side of the runway while landing on runway 1. Wind was 290 deg at 19 KTS gusting 25. Max demonstrated crosswind component for the airplane is 17 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47566
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-181
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7890096
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mark B. Ethier
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- HFD · Hartford, CT
- Airport
- 4BO · South Albany, runway 1, 2,860 × 30 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
- 31
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 50 total · 30 in this make and model · 20 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 19 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- 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.