- Date
- April 18, 1993, 15:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lakewood, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3008FPiper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930418009759A
- Case key
- 37310
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions, and his failure to maintain directional control of the airplane, which resulted in a ground swerve and a collision with trees. The adverse wind 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
A low time private pilot departed on a pleasure flight to build flight time. During the flight the pilot encountered moderate turbulence and elected to return to the departure airport. On final approach to runway 24, the airplane encountered turbulence and gusting crosswinds, dropped an estimated 8 feet to the runway, bounced, then landed hard on the runway. The airplane veered left off the runway and impacted small scrub trees. A weather observation reported by a local military base reported the winds from 320 degrees at 15 knots gusting to 19 knots, and variable from 250 degrees to 350 degrees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3008F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7916210
- Airframe hours
- 1,731
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Obrien Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Obrien Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1992 · 96 hours before
- Departed
- 2N8 · Matawan, NJ
- Airport
- N12 · Lakewood Airport, runway 24, 3,457 × 50 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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 90 total · 6 in this make and model · 42 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 15 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- WRI, 20 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.