- Date
- June 14, 1990, 13:08 local (17:08 UTC)
- Place
- Middleton, RI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8569NPiper PA-28-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900614020089A
- Case key
- 36671
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Probable cause
Loss of direction control by the pilot when he came in high and fast and touched down at improper touchdown point.
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 stated that he came in high and fast. Shortly after touchdown, he said the aircraft started drifting off to the left at which time he was unable to control the aircraft with the brakes.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8569N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-11307
- Engine
- Unknown UNKNOWN, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Brian Cunha
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Martha'S Vineyd, MA
- Destination
- 2B4 · Newport, RI
- Flight plan
- VFR/IFR
- Airport
- 2B4 · Newport State, runway 22, 3,000 × 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 130 total · 125 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 10 knots, gusting 12
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °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.