- Date
- May 19, 1985, 11:40 local (18:40 UTC)
- Place
- Coalinga, CA
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6927PPiper PA-24-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850519072779A
- Case key
- 40220
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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.
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankmentFactor
Landed at wrong airport - lowFactor
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Analysis
The plt mistakenly landed on a pvt airstrip and during a x-wind landing made a go around due to a gust of wind. The acft struck a dirt berm with the right wing and the right main gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6927P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-2061
- Airframe hours
- 4,150
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-A1A5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John Joslin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- LAS · Las Vegas, NV
- Destination
- Coalinga, CA
- Airport
- Harris Agrowest
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--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 450 total · 450 in this make and model · 375 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- 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.