# Incident 20030221002499I: Piper PA28161, Montague, MA, February 21, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 21, 2003, 10:30 local time
- Place: Montague, MA
- Airport: Turner Falls Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5356° N, 72.5351° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Montague, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5356&lon=-72.5351&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8090H (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 178 total, 160 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030221002499I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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