# Accident 20120710012389A: Piper PA-28-236, Chester, CT, July 10, 2012 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: July 10, 2012, 10:57 local time - Place: Chester, CT - Airport: Chester - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 41.3839° N, 72.5058° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3839&lon=-72.5058&mi=10 - Aircraft: N777AF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N777AF-2014-12-30) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Piper PA-28-236 (registry code 7102815, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-236) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-236 - Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Private pilot - Pilot flight hours: 1,120 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12CA436](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA436) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120710012389A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. AT APPROXIMATELY 10:57 EDT ON JULY 10, AIRCRAFT N777AF, A PIPER PA-28-236, S/N 28-7911328, LANDED LONG ON RUNWAY 35 AND WENT OFF THE NORTH END OF THE RUNWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 10:57 EDT. THERE WAS ONE PERSON ONBOARD AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 AND WAS FROM GABRESKI AIRPORT (FOK) TO CHESTER AIRPORT (SNC). WEATHER WAS VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS, AND WAS NOT A FACTOR.THE PILOT STATED THE FOLLOWING: HE ATTEMPTED TO LAND TWICE BUT INITIATED A GO AROUND BOTH TIMES BECAUSE HE FELT HE WAS GOING TO FAST AND WOULD BE UNABLE TO STOP. ON HIS THIRD ATTEMPT HE MADE EVERY EFFORT TO PUT THE AIRCRAFT DOWN CLOSE TO THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD BUT STILL FELT HE WAS GOING TO FAST AND THAT THE BRAKING WAS INEFFECTIVE. IN AN EFFORT TO SLOW THE AIRCRAFT HE PULLED BACK ON THE CONTROLS TO LIFT THE NOSE UP, WHEN HE DID SO THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE AGAIN AND WENT OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND THROUGH A FENCE. ON ALL THREE ATTEMPTS THE AIRCRAFT WAS CONFIGURED FOR LANDING WITH 25 DEGREES OF FLAPS. ON SCENE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON ITS RIGHT GEAR, ENGINE COWL AND LEFT WING APPROXIMATELY 30 YARDS FROM THE END OF RUNWAY 35 DOWN A GRASS EMBANKMENT. ALL MAJOR COMPONENTS OF THE AIRPLANE WERE ACCOUNTED FOR AT THE SCENE. THE FIRST NOTABLE MARKS IN THE GROUND WERE ABOUT 10 YARDS FROM WHERE THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED AND WERE MADE BY THE LANDING GEAR. THERE WERE NO OTHER MARKS FOUND ON THE GRASS OR THE RUNWAY. ONE RUNWAY END LIGHT WAS BROKEN AND TORN FROM ITS MOUNT AND THREE SECTIONS OF A VINYL PICKET FENCE 8 YARDS FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY WAS DAMAGED.INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT FOUND THE FOLLOWING: THE NOSE GEAR SNAPPED OFF ON INITIAL IMPACT AND WAS FOUND AFT OF THE AIRCRAFT. ONE PROPELLER BLADE WAS BENT BACK AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE ABOUT ONE FOOT FROM THE BLADE ROOT THE OTHER BLADE TIP HAD SEVERAL GOUGES IN IT. THE LEFT MAIN GEAR PUNCHED A HOLE IN THE TOP OF THE WING AND DETACHED FROM THE AIRCRAFT CAUSING THE LEFT WING TO IMPACT THE GROUND. THE LEFT WING TOP SKIN WAS WRINKLED AND BUCKLED AND THE LEFT FLAP WAS TORN JUST AFT OF THE LEFT GEAR. THE LEFT SIDE STABILATOR HAD A DENT 18 INCHES FROM THE INBOARD END AND THE RIGHT SIDE STABILATOR HAD A DENT 10 INCHES FROM THE OUT BOARD TIP. THESE DENTS APPEARED TO COINCIDE WITH THE TWO POSTS FROM THE VINYL FENCE THAT WAS DAMAGED. AN EYE WITNESS WITH A COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT ATTEMPTED TO LAND TWICE BUT DID A "GO-AROUND" AFTER BRIEFLY TOUCHING ONTO THE RUNWAY, AND THAT THE PLANE APPEARED TO BE TRAVELING AT A FASTER AIRSPEED THAN WOULD BE CONSIDERED NORMAL. ON THE THIRD ATTEMPT THE AIRCRAFT LANDED MIDWAY DOWN THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT THEN CONTINUED ALL THE WAY NORTH TO THE END AND THAT THE NOSE APPEARED TO LIFT BRIEFLY BEFORE IT DIPPED OVER THE HILL AT THE END OF THE 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 ERA12CA436](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA436), Jul 10, 2012: Piper PA-28-236 (N777AF), Chester, CT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to execute a go-around following an approach that was high and fast, which resulted in a runway 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. 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