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| Date: | Thursday 14 March 2024 |
| Time: | 11:48 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-60-601P Aerostar |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | N1SS |
| MSN: | 61P06947963331 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2730 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-540-S1A5MM |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Grass Valley-Nevada County Air Park (KGOO), Grass Valley, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Brigham City, UT (KMBC) |
| Grass Valley-Nevada County Air Park, CA (KGOO) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that the AWOS weather reported strong gusts of 15 up to 25 kts straight down the runway. At approximately 20 ft agl, he experienced moderate turbulence and elected to abort the landing and attempted to climb. However, as the airspeed was decreasing the airplane was not gaining altitude. The pilot experienced another strong wind gust which put the airplane into a nose down and right wing low attitude, which he was unable to control and collided with the runway substantially damaging the right wing.
The pilot stated that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operations.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control in a gusting wind condition.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB WPR24LA111
https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/N1SS/history/20240314/1813Z
Location
Media:
1 person taken to hospital after minor plane crash at Nevada County Airport https://t.co/Tvz9tLOrZG pic.twitter.com/sXzsNUQDAz
— CBS Sacramento (@CBSSacramento) March 14, 2024
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Mar-2024 07:57 | gerard57 | Added |
| 15-Mar-2024 08:18 | ASN | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Destination airport, Source, ] |
| 15-Mar-2024 08:19 | ASN | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Embed code, ] |
| 15-Mar-2024 15:17 | ASN | Updated [Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Mar-2024 21:54 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report, ] |
| 27-Oct-2024 20:40 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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