- Date
- March 24, 1990, 12:50 local (20:50 UTC)
- Place
- Yamhill, OR
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1122RPiper PA-28
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900324005199A
- Case key
- 41179
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to use the proper touchdown point for landing. The tailwind was a factor related to the accident.
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 pilot landed near midfield on a 2130 ft long grass strip in strong gusty tailwind conditions and was not able to stop on the runway. The acft overran the end of the runway, ran through a wooden fence and impacted trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1122R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-10082
- Airframe hours
- 1,573
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-B2, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Daniel W. Lovelace
- Registered owner
- American Machine
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 5, 1990 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- EUG · Eugene, OR
- Airport
- OR05 · Flying M Ranch, runway 26, 2,130 × 40 ft, grass/turf
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
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 338 total · 319 in this make and model · 275 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 18 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- H10, 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.