- Date
- April 26, 1986, 13:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Dallas, OR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8312KPiper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860426014149A
- Case key
- 40394
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Terrain condition - wetFactor
Terrain condition - softFactor
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Weather condition - rainFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - inadequateCause
Ground loop/swerve - uncontrolledCause
On ground/water collision with object
Analysis
A precautionary landing was made due to deteriorating weather. Directional control was lost while attempting to land on the 70 foot wide, wet, grass airstrip during gusty crosswinds. The aircraft veered to the side of the runway striking four parked unoccupied aircraft. A small engine fire erupted but was quickly extinguished.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8312K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-8316021
- Airframe hours
- 558
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Stephen A. Stone, Jr, doing business as Western Wings Flying Club Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1985
- Departed
- SLE · Salem, OR
- Airport
- 46S · Card'S Airpark, runway 7, 2,200 × 70 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 136 total · 15 in this make and model · 74 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 10 knots, gusting 13
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft overcast
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.