Piper PA-28-180 N5291L

Summary

On 27 January 1985 at about 03:10 local time, a Piper PA-28-180 registered N5291L was involved in an accident near Goldsboro, North Carolina, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

27 January 1985 at 03:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Goldsboro, North Carolina, United States

Nearest airport

Goldsboro-Wayne Muni (GWW)

Coordinates

35.3704, -77.9708

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-180

Registration

N5291L

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Myrtle Beach → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

ATL85LMG02

Nobody was injured.

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

WHILE LANDING AT NIGHT, THE ACFT ENCOUNTERED UNFAVORABLE WINDS & WENT OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY. AFTER DEPARTING THE RWY, IT HIT A DRAINAGE DITCH & THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. ABOUT 50 MI NORTHWEST AT THE RALEIGH/DURHAM ARPT, THE WIND WAS VARIABLE FROM 290 TO 320 DEG AT 10 KTS, GUSTING 20 TO 25 KTS. (BRIEF DEVELOPED FROM PRELIM RPRT, FAA RPRT LOST IN MAILING)

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.