Plane Crash List

Piper PA-28-181 N3063Y

7 September 2007 · N Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 7 September 2007 at about 19:00 local time, a Piper PA-28-181 registered N3063Y was involved in an accident near N Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States. One person was 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.

The record

Date
at 19:00
Classification
Accident
Location
N Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States
Nearest airport
Grand Strand (CRE)
Coordinates
33.8117, -78.7239
Aircraft
Piper PA-28-181
Registration
N3063Y
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Brunswick → N Myrtle Beach
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
NYC07CA218

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during a go-around, which resulted in a collision with water. A factor in this accident was the crosswind conditions.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot of the Piper PA-28-181 was on final approach to land on runway 5, a 5,996-foot-long, 100-foot-wide, asphalt runway, when the airplane encountered a gust of wind. The pilot attempted a go-around; however, the airplane subsequently impacted water on the left side of the runway, and came to rest inverted. The airplane's left wing spar was fractured. Winds reported at the airport, about the time of the accident, were from 130 degrees, at 9 knots, gusting to 20 knots.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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