Piper PA-28-140 N95464

Summary

On 19 June 1982 at about 23:00 local time, a Piper PA-28-140 registered N95464, operated by Sandra J. Pekala, was involved in an accident near Dodgeville, Wisconsin, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

19 June 1982 at 23:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Dodgeville, Wisconsin, United States

Nearest airport

Dodgeville Municipal (55C)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-140

Registration

N95464

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Sandra J. Pekala

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Boscobel → Dodgeville

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI82DA216

1 person had minor injuries.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE STUDENT PILOT WAS ON A CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT AND HAD MADE FOUR LANDINGS THAT DAY. AFTER VISUALLY SIGHTING DODGEVILLE, THE PILOT CANCELLED HER VFR FLIGHT PLAN WITH THE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION. SHE REPORTED THAT NOBODY ANSWERED HER NUMEROUS CALLS ON UNICOM AND SHE COULD NOT SEE A WINDSOCK ON THE FIELD. THE PILOT MADE THREE APPROACHES TO RUNWAY 12. ON THE THIRD APPROACH, SHE REALIZED SHE HAD TOUCHED DOWN LONG AND FAST AND ATTEMPTED TO GO AROUND. THE AIRCRAFT WENT OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, WENT DOWN A SLOPE, AND THE NOSE GEAR FAILED. A WITNESS REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD LANDED WITH A QUARTERING TAIL WIND.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.