- Date
- June 3, 1988, 15:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hawthorne, NV
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3741PPiper PA-22-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880603017919A
- Case key
- 40825
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a go-around due to the pilot having difficulty landing with a gusting crosswind, the aircraft struck a barbed wire fence with the main landing gear and a fence post with the left horizontal stabilizer. The aircraft then crossed a road and came to rest in a ditch. The density altitude at the time of the accident was approximately 7,000 feet.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3741P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-3461
- Airframe hours
- 3,236
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A1A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Leon Osteyee
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1987 · 38 hours before
- Departed
- SBP · San Luis Obispo, CA
- Destination
- HTH · Hawthorne, NV
- Airport
- HTH · Hawthorne Municipal, runway 15, 3,550 × 130 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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 183 total · 11 in this make and model · 6 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HTH
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.