- Date
- January 4, 1992, 13:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Newberg, OR
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7491RPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920104005739A
- Case key
- 41623
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Probable cause
A poorly planned final approach. Factors in the accident were: proper glidepath was not maintained and inadequate remedial action.
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
During a local pleasure flight practicing touch and go landings, the approach to the runway was low. The pilot noted that a truck and trailer were travelling on the highway that runs nearly perpendicular to the runway and pulled back on the yoke to miss the truck, however, the main landing gear struck the trailer. The trailer separated from the truck and rolled over. The airplane pitched down and collided with the terrain near the runway threshold.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7491R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-22045
- Airframe hours
- 4,168
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard F. Alvord
- Registered owner
- Richard F. Alvord
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 17, 1989 · 6 hours before
- Airport
- 2S6 · Sportsman Airpark, runway 17, 2,745 × 50 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
- 65
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 205 total · 67 in this make and model · 179 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.