# Accident 20090723011609A: Piper PA28181, Metaline Falls, WA, July 23, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 2009, 12:00 local time
- Place: Metaline Falls, WA
- Airport: Sullivan Lake State
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.8408° N, 117.2839° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.8408&lon=-117.2839&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2903A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2903A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,180 total, 400 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09CA363](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09CA363) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090723011609A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS THE PILOT OF N2903A A PIPER PA28-181.  HE LANDED AT THE SULLIVAN LAKE (09S) AIRPORT.  HIS PLAN WAS TO ALLOW THE AIRCRAFT TO TAXI AFTER LANDING TO THE END OF THE RUNWAY.  HE LANDED TO THE NORTH AND WAS PLANNING A DEPARTURE TO THE SOUTH.  HE MISJUDGED THE REMAINING DISTANCE OF THE REMAINING RUNWAY AND TAXIED OFF THE END OF THAT RUNWAY.

## 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 WPR09CA363](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09CA363), Jul 23, 2009: Piper PA-28-181 (N2903A), Metaline Falls, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure, during the landing roll, to identify the end of the runway and stop the airplane within the space available.

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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