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NYC87LA111

1987-03-21 · DU BOIS, Pennsylvania, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

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THE STUDENT PLT INITIATED A TOUCH-&-GO LANDING ON RWY 7 WITH A LEFT, QUARTERING HEADWIND. HE RPRTD THAT WHEN THE ACFT WAS AT ABOUT 10 FT AGL WITH THE LEFT WING 'DIPPED' INTO THE WIND, THE LEFT WING & NOSE DROPPED & THE PLANE IMPACTED THE RWY. THE ACFT THEN VEERED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY. DRG THE OCCURRENCE, THE ENG MOUNTS, NOSEWHEEL ATTACH POINT & PROP WERE DAMAGED. THE STUDENT RPRTD THE WIND WAS FROM 040 DEG AT 10 GUSTING 17 KTS. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1987_NYC87LA111.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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