42.5356° N, 72.5351° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Montague, MA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
February 21, 2003 · 10:30 local
Place
Montague, MA
Airport
Turner Falls Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8090H
Reported as
Piper PA28161
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
178 total160 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) The pilot was high and fast on final. He slipped the aircraft but was still fast on touching down. He retracted all his flaps in preparation for a go around but felt that by this time he did not have enough room left on the runway to takeoff. He applied heavy braking but went off the departure end of the runway where he struck a runway light that damaged the prop.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) THE PILOT WAS HIGH AND FAST ON FINAL. HE SLIPPED THE AIRCRAFT BUT WAS STILL FAST ON TOUCHING DOWN. HE RETRACTED ALL HIS FLAPS IN PREPARATION FOR A GO AROUND BUT FELT THAT BY THIS TIME HE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH ROOM LEFT ON THE RUNWAY TO TAKEOFF. HE APPLIED HEAVY BRAKING BUT WENT OFF THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY WHERE HE STRUCK A RUNWAY LIGHT THAT DAMAGED THE PROP.