- Date
- March 1, 1992, 16:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Medina, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5908DPiper PA-22-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920301005129A
- Case key
- 37135
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during landing. Contributing to the accident were strong winds.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
During the landing flare the pilot said, '... A gust of wind caught the plane and it veered off the runway to the right.' The airplane impacted the ground and nosed over. The pilot said he was landing on runway 27 and reported that the winds were 210 degrees at 20 knots with gusts to 40 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5908D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 224570
- Airframe hours
- 1,889
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A1A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard Wagar
- Registered owner
- Richard Wagar
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 16, 1991 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- OT46 · Sharon Center, OH
- Airport
- 1G5 · Freedom Field, runway 27, 3,000 × 40 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 480 total · 80 in this make and model · 410 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 20 knots, gusting 40
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 30 °F
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 N5908D · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.