19810416016749A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-140 · West Chester, PA · April 16, 1981

Date
April 16, 1981 · 23:30 local
Place
West Chester, PA
Airport
Brandywine
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N8754E
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC81FHD19
Reported as
Piper PA28140
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
176 total175 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Night landing on unlighted, wet, grass, runway. Unable to stop. Ran off departure end of runway.

As the FAA filed it

NIGHT LANDING ON UNLIGHTED, WET, GRASS, RUNWAY. UNABLE TO STOP. RAN OFF DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.