Piper PA-32-301 N8063T

Summary

On 16 September 2005 at about 22:00 local time, a Piper PA-32-301 registered N8063T, operated by Gregory Rexroad, was involved in an accident near Reno, Nevada, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

16 September 2005 at 22:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Reno, Nevada, United States

Nearest airport

Reno/Tahoe Int'l Airport (RNO)

Coordinates

39.5092, -119.7689

Aircraft

Piper PA-32-301

Registration

N8063T

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Gregory Rexroad

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Murrieta → Reno/Tahoe

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX05CA307

Nobody was injured.

the pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions and failure to maintain directional control. Contributing factors to the accident were the gusting quartering tail wind conditions.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane collided with a runway sign during landing and the firewall and left wing spar attach point were damaged. The pilot said that the flight went as planned until arriving into the vicinity of his landing airport. Approximately 20 nautical miles south, the pilot received the weather information. The winds were reported out of the west at 23 knots, gusting to 30 knots. He was cleared to land on runway 16R and while he was on final, the air traffic control tower controller requested that the pilot go-around due to inbound jet traffic. The pilot was then cleared to land on runway 16L. During touchdown on runway 16L, the airplane's indicated air speed (IAS) was 70 knots and 20 degrees of flaps were extended. As the airplane rolled down the runway, the IAS increased 10 to 15 knots. After 300 feet of roll out, a wind gust hit the airplane and pushed it to the left side of the runway. The pilot applied corrective action; however, the airplane impacted a runway sign approximately 6 to 10 feet from the runway edge. After the airplane impacted the sign, the nose gear collapsed and the airplane slid to a stop. The left wing spar attach was damaged and the firewall sustained impact damage. No mechanical problems were reported.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.