- Date
- July 12, 1991, 19:00 local (Jul 13, 1991, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- Chehalis, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7458KPiper PA-20
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910712060449A
- Case key
- 41490
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain proper runway alignment. Factors include gusty winds and crosswinds.
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 of the Piper PA-20 landed with an eight to ten knot crosswind, and lost control of the aircraft during the rollout, resulting in a decelerating ground loop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7458K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20-370
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Charles V. & Sandra M. Black
- Registered owner
- Charles V. & Sandra M. Black
- Departed
- OLM · Olympia, WA
- Destination
- CLS · Chehalis, WA
- Airport
- CLS · Chehalis, runway 33, 5,000 × 150 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
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,425 total · 186 in this make and model · 1,233 as pilot in command · 44 in the last 90 days · 23 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 8 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N7458K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.