# Accident 20100509035899A: Piper PA-28-151, Webster City, IA, May 9, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 2010, 14:15 local time
- Place: Webster City, IA
- Airport: Webster City Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4364° N, 93.8689° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4364&lon=-93.8689&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8083C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8083C-2012-12-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-151
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 81 total, 81 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10CA349](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA349) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100509035899A

## Narrative

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

ONCE OVER RUNWAY 32 FOR LANDING PILOT REALIZED HE WAS TOO HIGH AND TOO FAST.  PILOT ELECTED TO LAND, WAS ABLE TO PUT THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY AND BEGAN TO APPLY BRAKES.  PILOT KNEW HE WAS GOING TOO FAST AND APPLIED MORE LEFT RUDDER THINKING THAT HE WAS APPLYING MORE BRAKE.  AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY AND ENTERED A DITCH.  FOLDED NOSE LANDING GEAR AND LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND STRUCK PROPELLER CAUSING SUDDEN ENGINE STOPPAGE.  AFTER PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT HE "LOOKED AT THE AIRPORT WINDSOCK AND NOTICED THAT IT WAS BLOWING FROM A SOUTHWEST POSITION WHICH WOULD MAKE 14 THE PREFERRED 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 CEN10CA349](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA349), May 9, 2010: Piper PA-28-151 (N8083C), Webster, IA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot misjudged his speed and distance during landing, which resulted in an overrun.

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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