- Date
- November 25, 1990, 12:20 local (17:20 UTC)
- Place
- Taunton, MA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5780UPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901125052019A
- Case key
- 36851
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Probable cause
The pilot attempted to land in a strong cross wind, lost control of the airplane, ran off the runway and hit the VASI system.
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 was landing on runway 30, with winds at 220 degrees, at 16 knots gusting to 22 knots. The airplane bounced hard on landing causing damage to the nose gear. The airplane then ran off the runway onto the grass and struck the VASI system.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5780U
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-26603
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John Kiley Jr.
- Departed
- OWD · Norwood, MA
- Airport
- IAN · Taunton, runway 30, 3,500 × 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
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Invalid Medical for flight
- Flight hours
- 6,500 total · 1,100 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 16 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °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.