- Date
- October 25, 1992, 15:35 local (20:35 UTC)
- Place
- Monroeville, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2503LPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 21, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921025043299A
- Case key
- 37266
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper compensation for adverse wind conditions during landing, resulting in a loss of directional control and subsequent departure from the runway and collision with trees. Factor related to the accident was: the unfavorable winds.
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 attempted to land on runway 05. He said, 'I had to go-around several times because the wind direction was erratic....once touchdown occurred, the airplane immediately veered left off the runway.' The airplane struck trees. The runway width is 28 feet. The pilot had a total flight time of 56 hours. The winds were reported from 330 degrees at 14 knots with gusts to 22 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2503L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-79A0736
- Airframe hours
- 7,758
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2A, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Nancie L. Waldron
- Registered owner
- Nancie L. Waldron
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 9, 1992 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- 22G · Lorain, OH
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 4GO · Monroeville, runway 5, 2,280 × 28 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
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 56 total · 56 in this make and model · 26 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 14 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.