# Accident 20080809845189A: Piper PA28235, Dresden, TN, August 9, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 2008
- Place: Dresden, TN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2875° N, 88.7087° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2875&lon=-88.7087&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9365W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9365W-2013-04-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28235
- Reported engine: LYC O540B4B5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 35 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC08CA278](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08CA278) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080809845189A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 9, 2008, AT APPROXIMATELY 1100, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY INTO A CORNFIELD AT LATHAM AIRPORT.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT WHILE HE WAS ON APPROACH FROM THE WEST HE LET THE AIRCRAFT GET TO "LOW AND TO SLOW."  AT THIRTY FEET SHORT OF RUNWAY 08 (GRASS RUNWAY) THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED INTO THE CORNFIELD AND IMPACTED THE GROUND TWENTY FEET SHORT OF THE RUNWAY.  THE FORCE OF THE HARD LANDING CAUSED THE NOSE WHEEL STRUT TO COLLAPSE.  ONCE THE AIRCRAFT REACHED THE RUNWAY IT VEERED TO THE RIGHT OF CENTER AND PRECEDED FOR 220 FEET UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED FOR ANOTHER 65 FEET WHERE IT CAME TO A REST.  AT THE 110 FOOT MARK THE GROUND SHOWED EVIDENCE OF THE PROPELLER STRIKING THE GROUND.  AT THE 200 FOOT MARK THE NOSE WHEEL WAS SHEARED OFF THE AIRCRAFT AND THE NOSE IMPACTED THE GROUND RESULTING IN A SUDDEN STOP OF THE ENGINE.  THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE FIREWALL AND THE MIDDLE OF THE RIGHT WING.

## 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 NYC08CA278](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08CA278), Aug 9, 2008: Piper PA-28-235 (N9365W), Dresden, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain the proper altitude/clearance while on final approach.

## Other reports on N9365W (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19740523013939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740523013939A), May 23, 1974: Piper PA28235 (N9365W), Mansfield, IL, Substantial damage. 1240FT rwy with grass 4 to 6 in hi. Hit ditch off e end of rwy.

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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