# Accident 19980501015309A: Piper PA24400, Jackson, WY, May 1, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 1, 1998, 10:30 local time
- Place: Jackson, WY
- Airport: Jackson Hole
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.6073° N, 110.7377° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JACKSON HOLE (JAC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6073&lon=-110.7377&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8536P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8536P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-400 (registry code 7102408, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-400) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-720 series (registry code 41546, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-720-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24400
- Reported engine: LYC IO720A1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 275 total, 35 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW98LA200](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA200) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980501015309A

## Narrative

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

LANDED MID FIELD. OVERRAN RUNWAY. BLEW BOTH TIRES AND FOLDED LEFT MAIN GEAR TRYING TO STOP. (.4)THE PILOT SAID HE WAS 'BREAKING IN A NEW ENGINE' AND HE DID NOT REDUCE POWER FAST ENOUGH. THE AIRPLANE LANDED LONG ON RUNWAY 18, WHICH WAS 6,299 X 150 FEET, ASPHALT, POROUS FRICTION COURSE OVERLAY. HE SAID HE REALIZED HE WAS NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO STOP THE AIRPLANE ON THE RUNWAY THAT REMAINED, AND ALSO REALIZED HE DID NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT SPEED TO ABORT THE LANDING. HEAVY BRAKING CAUSED THE LEFT TIRE TO BLOW OUT, AND THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED WHEN THE AIRPLANE TRAVERSED A LARGE DIP AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY, AND THE AIRPLANE SLID TO A HALT APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET BEYOND. AIRPORT OFFICIALS REPORTED FINDING 1,400 FEET OF SKID MARKS. A LIGHT AND VARIABLE WIND WAS REPORTED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PILOT ATTRIBUTED THE ACCIDENT TO HIS ERROR IN JUDGMENT. HIS RECOMMENDATION: 'ALWAYS LAND NEAR THE THRESHOLD, LEAVING AS MUCH RUNWAY AS POSSIBLE. PRETTY BASIC.'

## 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 FTW98LA200](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA200), May 1, 1998: Piper PA-24-400 (N8536P), Jackson, WY, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's misjudgment of distance and speed, while approaching to land; his failure to attain a proper touchdown point for landing; and his failure to go around, while there was sufficient runway…

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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