- Date
- June 26, 1991, 15:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Endicott, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N55149Piper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910626024149A
- Case key
- 36945
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to attain the proper airspeed during an aborted landing, which resulted in a stall and loss of airplane control. Factors related to the accident were: the loss of directional control during landing, and the lack of recent flight experience of the pilot.
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
During the landing, the airplane drifted to the right. The pilot applied control corrections, but the airplane left the runway. He decided to abort the landing and applied full power. The airplane became airborne, but would not sustain flight. The pilot said, [the] airplane cleared front of hangar, but settled to ground on opposite side, stopping abruptly.' He had flown 1 hour in the last 90 days.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55149
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7325334
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Triple Cities Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Triple Cities Flying Club
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Airport
- N17 · Endicott Airport, runway 21, 3,900 × 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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 250 total · 218 in this make and model · 147 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N55149 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.