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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-180 · Gainesville, MO · May 14, 2001

Date: May 14, 2001 · 07:25 local
Place: Gainesville, MO
Airport: Gainesville Memorial
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7479J
Reported as: Piper PA28R180
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 100 total60 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

N7479JRegistered now · Piper PA-28R-180S/N 28R-30835 · Built 1968 Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-180 Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The pilot attempted to land on runway 16 with a light wind from the south. The runway is only 1,650 feet long, the aircraft brakes were ineffective on the wet grass, and the aircraft slid off the end of the runway. The pilot did not realize that the grass was wet from morning dew. When the airplane slid sideways onto a road at the end of the runway, one landing gear leg collapsed causing minor damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 16 WITH A LIGHT WIND FROM THE SOUTH. THE RUNWAY IS ONLY 1,650 FEET LONG, THE AIRCRAFT BRAKES WERE INEFFECTIVE ON THE WET GRASS, AND THE AIRCRAFT SLID OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT DID NOT REALIZE THAT THE GRASS WAS WET FROM MORNING DEW. WHEN THE AIRPLANE SLID SIDEWAYS ONTO A ROAD AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY, ONE LANDING GEAR LEG COLLAPSED CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.