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(-23) DURING VFR WEATHER CONDITIONS ON 07/12/08 AT 1530 HR. LOCAL TIME N601FL PILOTED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OVERRAN RUNWAY AT BOONVILLE, INDIANA AIRPORT (I91). AIRCRAFT ENTERED INTO THE RUNWAY 27 NORMAL TRAFFIC PATTERN. AIRCRAFT LANDED OVER HALF WAY DOWN RUNWAY AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. CONDITIONS OF GRASS RUNWAY WERE WET DUE TO RECENT STORMS IN AREA. AFTER LANDING AIRCRAFT NOSE WHEEL STARTED SLEWING TO THE LEFT AND ENTERED INTO A RIGHT SKID AS EVIDENT BY TIRE TRACKS ON GRASS RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO THE RIGHT. AIRCRAFT SKIDDED ACROSS THE ROAD AT THE WEST END OF THE RUNWAY INTO A SOYBEAN FIELD WHERE IT CAME TO REST ABOUT TWENTY FEET PAST THE ROAD. ON 7/14/08 VISUAL INSPECTION NOTED NO GROUND SCARS ON GRASS RUNWAY. AT THE WEST END OF THE RUNWAY ARE FOUR TIRES THAT ARE LYING FLAT EVENLY SPACED TO DESIGNATE THE END OF THE RUNWAY PRIOR TO THE ROAD; ONE OF THOSE TIRES HAD DAMAGE. INSPECTOR CERNY STATEMENT, INCIDENT # IGL112008067: ON MONDAY, JULY 14,2008 I WAS ADVISED OF AN AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT/INCIDENT THAT HAD OCCURRED AT 2030 ZULU HOURS ON SATURDAY, JULY 12, 2008 AT BOONVILLE, INDIANA AIRPORT (I91) AND ASSIGNED AS THE IIC FOR THE INVESTIGATION.I RECEIVED A SHEET A PAPER THAT HAD WRITTEN NOTES FROM INSPECTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WHO HAD TAKEN THE CALL FROM ROC ON SATURDAY, JULY 12, 2008 AT 1750 LOCAL HOURS. THE NOTES HAD THE AIRCRAFT AND PILOT INFORMATION ALONG WITH THE OWNER CONTACT INFORMATION. THERE WAS A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DAMAGE THAT INCLUDED NOTES OF A PROP STRIKE AND NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE. IN-ADDITION THERE WERE NOTES OF THE INCIDENT AS FOLLOWS: “LANDING TOO FAST NOT ENOUGH BREAKING ACTION WENT ACROSS ROAD, NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE, PROP HIT GROUND, WEATHER CLEAR AND NO CLOUDS. CEILING LESS THAT 4500”. INSPECTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SAID HE GAVE THE PILOT PERMISSION TO REMOVE THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE SOYBEAN FIELD AND THAT THE PILOT INFORMED HIM THAT HE WAS NOT INJURED. STATE POLICE WERE ON THE SCENE AND DID FILE A REPORT (REF. CASE NO. 0835-2912) WHICH HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THE PACKAGE. PHOTOS WERE ALSO OBTAINED FROM THE STATE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND INCLUDED IN THE PACKAGE ALONG WITH PILOT STATEMENT. ON MONDAY, JULY 14, 2008, INSPECTORS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TRAVELED TO BOONVILLE, INDIANA TO INVESTIGATE THE AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT THAT OCCURRED ON SATURDAY, JULY 12, 2008 INVOLVING A 1971 PA-28-140, REGISTRATION NUMBER 601FL, S/N # 28-7125475, PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. AIRCRAFT OWNED BY X-CELL AVIATION LLC, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. AN INSPECTION OF THE GRASS LANDING STRIP AND INCIDENT SCENE WAS CONDUCTED BY ALL INSPECTORS UPON ARRIVAL AT 12:30 LOCAL TIME. NO MEASUREMENTS WERE TAKEN. I INSPECTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOOK GENERAL PHOTOGRAPHS AT THE SCENE OF THE GRASS RUNWAY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ARRIVED SHORTLY AFTER OUR ARRIVAL AND WALKED US THROUGH WHAT HAD HAPPENED AS WE WERE ON SITE WHERE THE INCIDENT HAD TAKEN PLACE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DIRECTED US TO THE AIRCAFT PARKED INSIDE A HANGAR. INSPECTORS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INTERVIEWED THE PILOT AS NECESSARY FOR INFORMATION REGARDING THE ACCIDENT. INSPECTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND I TOOK PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE. INSPECTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PERFORMED A REVIEW OF THE MAINTENANCE RECORDS AND VERIFIED THE AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION AND AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE AS CURRENT AND COMPLETE. AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT AIRCRAFT MEASUREMENTS AND DOCUMENTATION OF THE DAMAGE WITH SKETCHES WAS PROVIDED BY THE INDIANA STATE POLICE (TROOPER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, REF CASE # 0835-2912) ATTACHED. DURING PILOT INTERVIEW, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOLD INSPECTORS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THAT HE WAS FLYING A PA-28-140, N601FL FROM PRINCETON, KY (2M0) TO BOONVILLE, IN (I91. THIS IS ABOUT A 30 MINUTE FLIGHT UNDER CONDUCTED VFR WEATHER CONDITIONS.“HE APPROACHED THE I91 AIRPORT AND ENTERED INTO THE RUNWAY 27 NORMAL TRAFFIC PATTERN DOWNWIND AT 1200’ MEAN SEA LEVEL (MSL) AFTER CHECKING THE WIND SOCK NEXT TO THE RUNWAY. ABEAM THE END OF THE RUNWAY HE SET THE POWER AT 1500 RPM, EXTENDED THE FLAPS TO 1 AND COMMENCED A TURN TO BASE LEG. AT THE 90 DEGREE POSITION HE BEGAN A NORMAL TURN TO BASE LEG IN A DECENT. AS HE EXTENDED FLAPS TO 24 THE POWER WAS CONSTANT AND FINISHED THE TURN TO EXTEND FINAL HE EXTENDED FLAPS TO THE 40 DEGREE (LANDING) POSITION. HIS AIRSPEED WAS 80 KNOTS AT THE TIME WHICH SEEMED A LITTLE HIGH AND FAST SO HE MADE AN ADJUSTMENT TO THE NOSE ATTITUDE TO SLOW THE AIRCRAFT. THIS RESULTED IN AN OVER SHOOT OF PLANNED LANDING SPOT AND FOUND HIMSELF OVER HALFWAY DOWN THE RUNWAY. ABEAM THE WIND SOCK AIRCAFT MADE GROUND CONTACT AT ABOUT 60 KNOTS. INITIAL BRAKE APPLICATION DID NOT RESULT IN SLOWING DOWN AIRCRAFT SO HE LET OFF AND RE-APPLIED BRAKES AS ESTIMATED 800’ REMAINING. AIRCRAFT WAS STILL NOT SLOWING MUCH AS HE MADE AN 3RD AND 4TH BRAKE APPLICATION. HE MADE A MAXIMUM EFFORT BRAKE PEDAL PRESSURE RESULTED IN AIRCRAFT NOSE SLEWING TO THE LEFT. HE CONTINUED SKIDDING ACROSS THE ROAD AT THE WEST END OF THE RUNWAY AND ENTERED THE SOFT DIRT OF THE SOYBEAN FIELD ON THE WEST SIDE. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST AFTER A SKID AND ROCKING MOTION TO AN APPROXIMATE HEADING OF SOUTH. HE REMEMBERS FEELING THE NOSE “DROP-DOWN”. HE TURNED OFF THE MASTER AND MAGNETO SWITCHES AND EVACUATED AIRCRAFT BY THE DOOR ON RIGHT SIDE OF AIRCRAFT. HE FELL OFF THE WING TO THE GROUND BECAUSE HE HAD NOT RETRACTED THE FLAPS. A PASSING MOTORIST SUGGESTED HE SHUT OFF THE MIXTURE AND FUEL. HE DID AND THEN NOTIFIED PROPER AUTHROITIES.” THIS WAS HOW HE REMEMBERED THE INCIDENT AND THIS WAS DOCUMENTED BY AN INTERVIEW STATEMENT FOR INSPECTORS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. DURING OWNER INTERVIEW, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOLD INSPECTORS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THAT HE OPERATES THE AIRCRAFT FOR FLIGHT TRAINING AND RENTS THE AIRCRAFT. THE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM CONSISTS OF THE 100 HOUR INSPECTION AND AN ANNUAL INSPECTION DEPENDING ON HOW HE IS OPERATING THE AIRCRAFT. IT WAS NOTED AND DISCUSSED THAT THE 100 HR. AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES INSPECTIONS WERE BEING OVER FLOWN. WE RETURNED TO THE INDIANAPOLIS FSDO AT APPROXIMATELY 2045 HOURS.