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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA32300 · Decorah, IA · May 16, 1981

Date
May 16, 1981 · 09:15 local
Place
Decorah, IA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2255M
NTSB investigation
NTSBMKC81FA034
Reported as
Piper PA32300
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
790 total56 in this make and model86 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.

Landed too fast to stop on runway. Lost control in excessive braking. Ran off side of and beyond runway end.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED TOO FAST TO STOP ON RUNWAY. LOST CONTROL IN EXCESSIVE BRAKING. RAN OFF SIDE OF AND BEYOND RUNWAY END.

NTSB investigation

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