20061231029769I

Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Plainville, CT · December 31, 2006

Date: December 31, 2006 · 18:00 local
Place: Plainville, CT
Airport: Robertson Field Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N1478X
Reported as: Piper PA28140
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,325 total1,200 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N1478XRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140S/N 28-7525292 · Built 1975 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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) Pilot stated that he was landing at Robertson (4B8) when he apparently landed long and could not stop. He left the end of the runway and rolled slowly down an embankment into the chain link fence. He said he was going very slow but he could not stop the aircraft and hit the fence at 1 or 2 mph. Damage assessment was noted as only a scrape on the propeller spinner. No other damage was noted. Pilot did state that he keyed the radio to put on the runway lights but they did not come on. Airport operator privacy data omitted later said the person charged with turning them on did it improperly. The pilot said it was not a factor in his landing.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS LANDING AT ROBERTSON (4B8) WHEN HE APPARENTLY LANDED LONG AND COULD NOT STOP. HE LEFT THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND ROLLED SLOWLY DOWN AN EMBANKMENT INTO THE CHAIN LINK FENCE. HE SAID HE WAS GOING VERY SLOW BUT HE COULD NOT STOP THE AIRCRAFT AND HIT THE FENCE AT 1 OR 2 MPH. DAMAGE ASSESSMENT WAS NOTED AS ONLY A SCRAPE ON THE PROPELLER SPINNER. NO OTHER DAMAGE WAS NOTED. PILOT DID STATE THAT HE KEYED THE RADIO TO PUT ON THE RUNWAY LIGHTS BUT THEY DID NOT COME ON. AIRPORT OPERATOR ^PRIVACY DATA^ LATER SAID THE PERSON CHARGED WITH TURNING THEM ON DID IT IMPROPERLY. THE PILOT SAID IT WAS NOT A FACTOR IN HIS LANDING.