- Date
- August 12, 1992, 12:05 local (19:05 UTC)
- Place
- Pacific City, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2328QPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920812031199A
- Case key
- 42875
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Probable cause
The pilot selected the wrong runway relative to the wind and then delayed in aborting the landing. The tailwind was a 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
At the end of a cross country pleasure flight, the pilot set-up for a landing on runway 14. While on downwind, the pilot noted that the wind sock was limp, so he decided to make a 180 degree turn and land on runway 32. After the airplane touched down, the pilot felt the airplane being pushed by a tailwind. The airplane became airborne and the pilot forced the airplane back to the runway. The pilot applied brakes; however, the airplane began to skid. Seeing that he was running out of runway to stop, and anticipating an accident, the pilot applied full power to clear a two foot fence at the end of the runway, and a public road that runs perpendicular to the runway; however, the left horizontal stabilizer contacted the fence. The airplane continued over the road and the left wing contacted, and was separated by, a car parked next to a building approximately 100 feet from the end of the runway. The airplane continued along the side of the building, contacting the northeast corner. The airplane then came to rest on its left side.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2328Q
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7725194
- Airframe hours
- 2,627
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Aaland, Steven R.
- Registered owner
- Aaland, Steven R.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 21, 1992 · 22 hours before
- Departed
- S12 · Albany, OR
- Airport
- PFC · Pacific City, runway 32, 1,875 × 30 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 306 total · 254 in this make and model · 244 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.