19851018077459A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA28R180 · Columbia, PA · October 18, 1985

Date
October 18, 1985 · 10:45 local
Place
Columbia, PA
Airport
Mcginness
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4576J
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC86LA014
Reported as
Piper PA28R180
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360B1E
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,412 total1,200 in this make and model19 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.

Pilot landed long and fast. Aircraft ran off end of wet, grassy runway and struck poles.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LANDED LONG AND FAST. AIRCRAFT RAN OFF END OF WET, GRASSY RUNWAY AND STRUCK POLES.

NTSB investigation

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