# Accident 20081218856679A: Piper PA34200, Folkston, GA, December 18, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 2008, 04:40 local time
- Place: Folkston, GA
- Airport: Davis Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.7961° N, 82.0281° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.7961&lon=-82.0281&mi=10
- Aircraft: N699G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N699G-2018-01-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200 (registry code 7103405, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,375 total, 83 in this make and model, 270 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09CA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA102) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081218856679A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 ERA09CA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA102), Dec 19, 2008: Piper PA-34-200 (N699G), Folkston, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student's improper flare and the flight instructor's delayed remedial action.

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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