- Date
- September 9, 1990, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Red Hook, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5972HPiper PA-16
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 23, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900909038599A
- Case key
- 36738
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Probable cause
The pilot's loss of directional control and departure off the side of the runway during the landing roll, resulting in a collision with a tree. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of expereince in the aircraft.
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
A three point landing was being made on runway 19. The pilot said, '...I had a little weather vane to the right, I corrected to the left but with a little too much causing me to leave the pavement onto the grass.' As he turned left to avoid striking runway lights, the left wing tip struck a tree and the airplane spun to the left. The pilot further stated, '...more time by PIC would have prevented accid [SIC] low time by PIC.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5972H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-16
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 16-596
- Airframe hours
- 1,586
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C1, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Daniel L. Hickey
- Registered owner
- Athol Orange Aero Club, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 3, 1989 · 31 hours before
- Departed
- ORE · Orange, MA
- Destination
- 46N · Red Hook, NY
- Airport
- N46N · Sky Park, runway 19, 2,685 × 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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 172 total · 8 in this make and model · 23 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 5 knots
- 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.