- Date
- August 5, 1990, 18:00 local (Aug 6, 1990, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Chehalis, WA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N27454Taylorcraft BC-65
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900805030099A
- Case key
- 41257
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions. The gusty crosswind ws a related factor.
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
While on final approach at 100 ft. AGL, the pilot encountered strong gusty crosswinds that blew the acft into trees at the side of the airstrip.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N27454
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2096
- Airframe hours
- 1,687
- Engine
- Continental A-65-8, 75 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dennis R. Sabin
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 5, 1989 · 50 hours before
- Airport
- NONE, runway 27, 1,300 × 75 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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 363 total · 156 in this make and model · 306 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TDO, 8 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.