# Accident 19980815030269A: Piper PA28151, Redwood Falls, MN, August 15, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 1998, 16:20 local time
- Place: Redwood Falls, MN
- Airport: Redwood Falls Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.5395° N, 95.1106° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.5395&lon=-95.1106&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4576F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4576F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28151
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2G
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 133 total, 32 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI98LA315](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA315) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980815030269A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 15, 1998, AT 1620 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER PA-28-151, N4576F, OPERATED BY A PRIVATE PILOT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING AN OVERRUN ON RUNWAY 5 (2,050' X 200' DRY/TURF) AT REDWOOD FALLS, MINNESOTA. THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER REPORTED NO INJURIES. THE PERSONAL 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT WAS OPERATING IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS ON FILE. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED MARSHALL, MINNESOTA, TIME UNKNOWN. (-23) ON 08/15/98 AT 1620 LCL N4576F, PA-28-151, PILOTED BY MR. HOFF, PRIVATE CERTIFICATE #524545576, PROPERLY CERTIFIED AND CURRENT, LANDED AT REDWOOD FALLS, MN (RWF) ON RUNWAY 5 GRASS. FROM HIS STATEMENT, INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY THE AIRCRAFT OWNER TO FAA AND A CREDIBLE WITNESS, MR. HOFF LANDED LONG ON RUNWAY 5.  HE PROCEEDED TO THE END AND STOPPED 100 FEET PAST.  SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  PILOT MUST USE HEARING AMPLIFICATION.

## 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 CHI98LA315](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA315), Aug 15, 1998: Piper PA-28-151 (N4576F), Redwood Falls, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's not following proper short field landing procedures.

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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