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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Meriden, KS · May 13, 2013

Date
May 13, 2013 · 18:00 local
Place
Meriden, KS
Airport
Blackhawk
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1818J
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN13CA279
Reported as
Piper PA-28-140
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
103 total59 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot was attempting a landing on runway 01 at 81KS with a wind at 170/12 and pilot stated a wind gust pushed the aircraft several hundred feet further down the runway causing it to touch down on the runway at a point where there was insufficient runway to stop the aircraft prior to passing the the threshold of runway 19, down an embankment and onto a roadway. The aircraft sustained substantial damage in that the right wing spar was damaged and the propeller struck the road surface. The occupants, 1 pilot and 1 passenger, were uninjured.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING A LANDING ON RUNWAY 01 AT 81KS WITH A WIND AT 170/12 AND PILOT STATED A WIND GUST PUSHED THE AIRCRAFT SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET FURTHER DOWN THE RUNWAY CAUSING IT TO TOUCH DOWN ON THE RUNWAY AT A POINT WHERE THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT RUNWAY TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO PASSING THE THE THRESHOLD OF RUNWAY 19, DOWN AN EMBANKMENT AND ONTO A ROADWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE IN THAT THE RIGHT WING SPAR WAS DAMAGED AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE ROAD SURFACE. THE OCCUPANTS, 1 PILOT AND 1 PASSENGER, WERE UNINJURED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

Other reports on N1818J · 1

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