20081218856679A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-34-200 · Folkston, GA · December 18, 2008

Date
December 18, 2008 · 04:40 local
Place
Folkston, GA
Airport
Davis Field
Phase of flight
Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N699G
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA09CA102
Reported as
Piper PA34200
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,375 total83 in this make and model270 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) PA34 ran off end of runway while attempting to land. Aircraft nose landing gear pushed up through cockpit, left main gear bent behind left flap assembly. Right main gear departed airframe and was laying in the access road at the end of the runway. Both propeller assembly's are bent, twisted and curled. The aircraft is buckled aft of cargo door. Front right windscreen popped out and is broken at the corner. The nose of aircraft was destroyed. All main gear doors are torn off. Two new red gasoline 5 gallon cans full of water were found at the accident scene which according to privacy data omitted pilot, were used as ballast in flight.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PA34 RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND. AIRCRAFT NOSE LANDING GEAR PUSHED UP THROUGH COCKPIT, LEFT MAIN GEAR BENT BEHIND LEFT FLAP ASSEMBLY. RIGHT MAIN GEAR DEPARTED AIRFRAME AND WAS LAYING IN THE ACCESS ROAD AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY. BOTH PROPELLER ASSEMBLY'S ARE BENT, TWISTED AND CURLED. THE AIRCRAFT IS BUCKLED AFT OF CARGO DOOR. FRONT RIGHT WINDSCREEN POPPED OUT AND IS BROKEN AT THE CORNER. THE NOSE OF AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. ALL MAIN GEAR DOORS ARE TORN OFF. TWO NEW RED GASOLINE 5 GALLON CANS FULL OF WATER WERE FOUND AT THE ACCIDENT SCENE WHICH ACCORDING TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PILOT, WERE USED AS BALLAST IN FLIGHT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.