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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA28180 · River Falls, WI · August 17, 1997

Date: August 17, 1997 · 20:40 local
Place: River Falls, WI
Airport: River Falls
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1425J
Reported as: Piper PA28180
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 229 total143 in this make and model31 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.

Narrative: Mr. Brown apparently landed long on a wet grass, un-lighted runway after or about sunset. Darkness prevented Mr. Brown from knowing that he landed long. He did not have enough room to stop. Heavy braking was not effective enough to stop the aircraft in the remaining runway length. Airman misjudged touchdown point on runway due to reduced visibility (darkness) and no runway lighting.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: MR. BROWN APPARENTLY LANDED LONG ON A WET GRASS, UN-LIGHTED RUNWAY AFTER OR ABOUT SUNSET. DARKNESS PREVENTED MR. BROWN FROM KNOWING THAT HE LANDED LONG. HE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH ROOM TO STOP. HEAVY BRAKING WAS NOT EFFECTIVE ENOUGH TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT IN THE REMAINING RUNWAY LENGTH. AIRMAN MISJUDGED TOUCHDOWN POINT ON RUNWAY DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY (DARKNESS) AND NO RUNWAY LIGHTING.