# Accident 20040602017609A: Piper PA28181, Dunsmuir, CA, June 2, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 2, 2004, 12:45 local time
- Place: Dunsmuir, CA
- Airport: Dunsmuir Municipal/Mott Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2631° N, 122.2719° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2631&lon=-122.2719&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39678, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N39678-2005-04-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 327 total, 327 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX04CA236](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04CA236) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040602017609A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING LANDING AT THE DUNSMUIR AIRPORT, CALIFORNIA, THE AIRSPEED WAS FAST AND THE APPROACH WAS HIGH. THE AIRPLANE LANDED LONG AND DEPARTED THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

## 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 LAX04CA236](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04CA236), Jun 2, 2004: Piper PA-28-181 (N39678), Dunsmuir, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's misjudgment of speed and distance, which resulted in an overrun of the runway. The pilot's failure to use flaps and his landing at an airport with a runway shorter than he expected is a…

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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