20040418007949I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Saluda, VA · April 18, 2004

Date
April 18, 2004 · 12:14 local
Place
Saluda, VA
Airport
Hummel Field Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3730K
Reported as
Piper PA28140
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
551 total424 in this make and model2 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, while landing on runway #1, had too high an airspeed and veered off the right side of the runway after determining that he did not have enough runway left to be able to stop. The aircraft came to rest after colliding with a pine tree.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT, WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY #1, HAD TOO HIGH AN AIRSPEED AND VEERED OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AFTER DETERMINING THAT HE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH RUNWAY LEFT TO BE ABLE TO STOP. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST AFTER COLLIDING WITH A PINE TREE.