# Accident 20020826038449A: Piper PA34200T, Kenmare, AK, August 26, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 2002, 20:45 local time
- Place: Kenmare, AK
- Airport: Kenmare Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.6675° N, 102.0475° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.6675&lon=-102.0475&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9696C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9696C-2002-10-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 85 in this make and model, 85 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI02LA257](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA257) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020826038449A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS LANDING AT KENMARE, ND AIRPORT DURING RAIN AND APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM. DURING LANDING ROLL A WIND SHIFT OCCURRED CREATING A 17 TO 23 KNOT TAILWIND AND EXCESSIVE LANDING ROLL. PILOT ATTEMPTED A GO-AROUND. PILOT STATED INSUFFICIENT AIRSPEED PRECLUDED A SAFE TAKEOFF AND DECIDED TO ABORT. INADEQUATE RUNWAY REMAINED FOR A SAFE STOP WITH MAXIMUM BRAKING ON THE WET RUNWAY AND AIRCRAFT RAN OFF THE RUNWAY END INTO A MUDDY FIELD CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO ALL LANDING GEAR, PROPELLERS, AND RIGHT REAR STABILATOR. (OPERATOR WILL BE PHOTOGRAPHING AIRCRAFT THEN REMOVING WINGS AND TRUCKING ACFT. BACK TO FARGO)

## 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 CHI02LA257](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA257), Aug 26, 2002: Piper PA-34-200T (N9696C), Kenmare, ND, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudgment of distance and speed. Factors associated with the accident were the sudden wind shift which resulted in a tailwind condition and the rough terrain encountered during the…

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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