- Date
- May 7, 1992, 15:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Toledo, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N28517Fairchild 24W-40
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920507014809A
- Case key
- 41672
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions resulting in failure to maintain directional control. A factor contributing to the accident was 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
During touchdown on runway 23 at the Toledo airport the aircraft veered to the right. The pilot was unable to maintain directional control and the left wing impacted the ground. Winds reported at the airport 14 minutes before the accident were from 290 degrees at 12 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28517
- Reported as
- Fairchild 24W-40
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- W40-129
- Airframe hours
- 1,785
- Engine
- Jacobs R755-9, 245 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mckenney, Robert E.
- Registered owner
- Mckenney, Robert E.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 31, 1992 · 7 hours before
- Departed
- TIW · Tacoma, WA
- Airport
- TDO · Carlson Memorial, runway 23, 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
- 52
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,095 total · 155 in this make and model · 882 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 43 °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.