- Date
- September 15, 2021, 16:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Stanley, ID · Airport
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N529PEPiper PA-32R-301
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20210915014539A
- Case key
- 103885
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control during landing with a gusting crosswind which, resulted in a hard landing and collision with terrain.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot of the retractable landing gear airplane reported that, during the landing flare, the airplane encountered a wind gust, which had a “shearing effect.” The airplane subsequently stalled and landed hard. The right main landing gear collapsed, and the airplane veered to the right and exited the runway, where it collided with rocks. The pilot reported that, about the time of the accident the wind was from 260° and variable between 12 to 17 knots. The pilot was landing the airplane on runway 17. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing and fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N529PE
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R-301
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3246151
- Built
- 1999
- Airframe hours
- 3,176
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1G1, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 135
- Operator
- Rose Air, LLC
- Registered owner
- Summit Air Services LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 11, 2021
- Departed
- KMMV · Mc Minnville, OR
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- 2U7 · Stanley, runway 17, 4,300 × 150 ft, dirt
- Equipment
- Onboard weather, Stall warning system, ADS-B, Auto-pilot, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Electronic multifunction display
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
- 68
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- October 14, 2021
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 2,064 total · 349 in this make and model · 1,853 as pilot in command · 95 in the last 90 days · 33 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 5 knots, gusting 19
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 23 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.01 inHg
- Observed at
- KSNT, 2 nm away
- METAR
- KSNT 152151Z AUTO 32005G19KT 23/M05 A3001 RMK AO1 SLP084 T02331050
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 12, 2021, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.1 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.