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ATL89LA027

1988-11-07 · GREENSBORO, North Carolina, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport W88

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

PIC WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT UNFAMILIAR AIRPORT WITH NARROW RWY, 25 FEET WIDE, BOUNDED BY TREES. HE DID NOT DETERMINE WIND OTHER THAN ITS GENERAL DIRECTION. CROSSWIND WAS FOUR KNOTS. ON SHORT FINAL, AFTER CROSSING OVER TREES THAT WERE APPROACH OBSTACLES, WITH FULL FLAPS EXTENDED, HE NOTICED THAT THE ACFT WAS DRIFTING TOWARD THE RIGHT BOUNDARY TREES. HE YAWED THE NOSE TO THE LEFT SLIGHTLY. PILOTS MANUAL STATES THAT THE WING DOWN CROSSWIND CORRECTION METHOD GIVES THE BEST CONTROL. JUST BEFORE TOUCHDOWN THE PIC ELECTED TO GO AROUND. THE RIGHT WING STRUCK THE TREES ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RWY. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT TWO OF THE FIVE PAX WERE CHILDREN. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1988_ATL89LA027.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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