# Accident 20120612013119A: Piper PA-38-112, Mount Vernon, MO, June 12, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 12, 2012, 09:20 local time
- Place: Mount Vernon, MO
- Airport: N/A
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9572° N, 93.6906° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9572&lon=-93.6906&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2510B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2510B-2013-07-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-38-112 (registry code 7103812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-38-112
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 460 total, 460 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12LA362](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA362) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120612013119A

## Narrative

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

REPOSITIONING FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED FROM AURORA, MO (2H2) TO THE PILOT'S FARM ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF MOUNT VERNON, MO, UNDER VFR.  THE PIC DIRECTED HIS FARM HANDS TO MOW DOWN TALL GRASS FOR A LANDING STRIP. THE STRIP WAS ORIENTED EAST-WEST AND WAS APPROXIMATELY 2,500' LONG WITH A DOWN SLOPE THE LAST 200'.PIC ATTEMPTED TO LAND TO THE WEST. THE NEAREST WEATHER REPORTING STATION (HFJ) INDICATED WINDS 280 AT 7 KTS. AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN WITH A TAILWIND AND PIC WAS UNABLE TO STOP BEFORE IMPACTING A LARGE TREE AT THE END OF THE STRIP.

## 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 CEN12LA362](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA362), Jun 12, 2012: Piper PA-38-112 (N2510B), Mt. Vernon, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to continue the landing on a short grass runway with a tailwind after touching down beyond the touchdown point, and his subsequent failure to stop the airplane before colliding…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.