- Date
- April 13, 1993, 15:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Farmingdale, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N440AVPiper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 19, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930413009349A
- Case key
- 37307
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions and failure to maintain control of the airplane. The crosswind was a related factor.
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 student pilot said that during the approach, and just prior to touchdown, the airplane drifted to the left of the runway because of a right crosswind. The pilot said he corrected; however, during the landing roll, the airplane departed the runway surface and struck the precision approach path indicator.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N440AV
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7715204
- Airframe hours
- 4,561
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Flightways Inc.
- Registered owner
- Flightways Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 31, 1993 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- FRG
- Destination
- FRG
- Airport
- FRG · Republic Airport, runway 32, 6,827 × 150 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
- 40
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 37 total · 37 in this make and model · 8 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 10 knots, gusting 12
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.