# Accident 20090918018239A: Piper PA28180, Sibley, IA, September 18, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 2009, 14:00 local time
- Place: Sibley, IA
- Airport: Sibley Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.3694° N, 95.7596° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SIBLEY MUNI (ISB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.3694&lon=-95.7596&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57354, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N57354-2010-10-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 560 total, 514 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090918018239A

## Narrative

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

UPON LANDING ON RUNWAY 35, THE PILOT DETERMINED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT STOP PRIOR TO REACHING THE END OF THE RUNWAY DUE TO EXCESSIVE SPEED.  TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 FEET DOWN THE 3000 FOOT RUNWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 105 KNOTS, WITH ONE NOTCH OF FLAPS SELECTED DOWN AND CALM WIND, AS STATED BY THE PILOT.  A GO-AROUND MANEUVER WAS ATTEMPTED, AND THE AIRCRAFT GAINED AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 3 TO 4 FEET AGL BEFORE THE MAIN LANDING GEAR CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE TALL GRASS LOCATED AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY CREATING DRAG ON THE AIRCRAFT CAUSING IT TO VEER LEFT AND STRIKE TWO ROAD SIGNS LOCATED ALONG THE ADJACENT HIGHWAY.  THIS IMPACT WITH THE SIGNS CAUSED THE NOSE WHEEL TO COLLAPSE AND THE PILOT'S WINDOW TO SHATTER, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND COMING TO REST NOSE DOWN IN THE MEDIAN STRIP BETWEEN THE FOUR LANES OF TRAFFIC.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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