- Date
- May 21, 1989, 10:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Jackpot, NV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2278PStits SA-3A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890521012389A
- Case key
- 41016
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Probable cause
Inadequate wind compensation by the pilot. Contributing to the accident were gusty grosswinds.
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 plt was landing in gusty crosswind. The acft veered off runway, recrossed runway and nosed over. The pilot stated that he should not have attempted the landing in such windy conditions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2278P
- Reported as
- Stits SA-3A
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 333
- Airframe hours
- 300
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8F, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Edward Tadlock
- Registered owner
- Edward J Tadlock
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 17, 1989 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- TWF · Twin Falls, ID
- Airport
- 06U · Jackpot, runway 15, 5,277 × 60 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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 365 total · 2 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 225° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.