# Accident 19970920027779A: Piper PA28151, Bennettsville, SC, September 20, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 1997, 13:05 local time
- Place: Bennettsville, SC
- Airport: Marlboro County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6294° N, 79.6805° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6294&lon=-79.6805&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9643K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9643K-1999-01-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28151
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 329 total, 55 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL97LA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL97LA132) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970920027779A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON SEPTEMBER 20, 1997, ABOUT 1305 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER PA280151, N9634K, CRASHED ON ROLLOUT AFTER LANDING AT A PRIVATE SOD LANDING STRIP NEAR BENNETTSVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA. THE AIRPLANE WAS OPERATED BY THE PILOT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CFR PART 91, AND VISUAL FLIGHT RULES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS EXISTED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE LOCAL, PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED, AND THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE LANDED AT THE PRIVATE AIRPORT AFTER 'QUITE A BIT OF FLOAT'. THE RUNWAY HAD A HILL IN THE MIDDLE WHICH MADE IT DIFFICULT TO SEE THE ENTIRE RUNWAY WHEN LANDING. AS HE ROLLED OVER THE HILL, THE PILOT STATED HE SAW ANOTHER AIRPLANE PARKED ON THE RUNWAY A SHORT DISTANCE AHEAD. THE PILOT THEN APPLIED LEFT RUDDER IN ORDER TO AVOID THE PARKED AIRPLANE. AS HE PASSED THE OTHER AIRPLANE, THE PIPERS LEFT WING TIP STRUCK A HAND RAIL AND TURNED LEFT INTO A GULCH. THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST NOSED OVER IN THE GULCH. ACCORDING TO THE FAA INSPECTOR, THE PILOT DID NOT PROPERLY PLAN HIS APPROACH TO LANDING AT THE AIRPORT. ACCORDING TO THE PA-28-151 OWNERS MANUAL, THE AIRPLANES LANDING       DISTANCE ON A STANDARD DAY, AT MAXIMUM GROSS WEIGHT, WITH A 50 FOOT OBSTACLE, AND ON A ASPHALT RUNWAY SHOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 1100 FEET. GRASS RUNWAYS GENERALLY DECREASE THE LANDING DISTANCE APPROXIMATELY 2-3%. THE RUNWAY AT STANTON WAS 2300 FEET. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THE OTHER AIRPLANE WAS PARKED ABOUT 55O FEET FROM THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY. (-23) ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1997, AT APPROXIMATELY 1305 EDT, PIPER PA 28-151, N9643K, CRASHED ON ROLLOUT AFTER LANDING AT A PRIVATE SOD LANDING STRIP KNOWN AS STANTON AIRPORT NEAR BENNETTSVILLE, SC. THE PILOT, ON ROLLOUT AFTER LANDING, ATTEMPTED TO MISS ANOTHER AIRCRAFT, WENT OVER A DRAINAGE DITCH, AND STOPPED INVERTED ON A HARD SURFACE ROAD. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE UNINJURED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL97LA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL97LA132), Sep 20, 1997: Piper PA-28-151 (N9643K), Bennettsville, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: failure of the pilot to properly plan his approach, and his failure to attain a proper touchdown point for landing.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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