- Date
- July 4, 1990, 13:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Burlington, CT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N82DHde Havilland DH-82-A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 10, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900704023379A
- Case key
- 36677
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate compensation for the wind condition.
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 Dehavilland DH-82A (tiger moth) was on final approach when the pilot encountered windshear. The aircraft touched down in 4 to 5 inch tall grass, about 300 to 400 feet short of the intended landing area. It then decelerated rapidly and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N82DH
- Reported as
- de Havilland DH-82-A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T5409
- Airframe hours
- 7,028
- Engine
- Bristol TYPE III, 130 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Arthur J. Bujnowski
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 13, 1990 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- CT42 · Goshen, CT
- Airport
- 22B · Johnnycake, runway 19, 3,420 × 50 ft, grass/turf
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
- 67
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 22,365 total · 90 in this make and model · 20,715 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 20 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °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.