# Accident 20130513008899A: Piper PA-28-140, Meriden, KS, May 13, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 13, 2013, 18:00 local time
- Place: Meriden, KS
- Airport: Blackhawk
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1583° N, 95.5917° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1583&lon=-95.5917&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1818J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1818J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (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-28-140
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 103 total, 59 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13CA279](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA279) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130513008899A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 CEN13CA279](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA279), May 13, 2013: Piper PA-28-140 (N1818J), Meriden, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot electing to land at an airport with a runway environment that precluded a go-around with the tailwind weather conditions present which resulted in a runway excursion during the landing.

## Other reports on N1818J (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20011020032649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011020032649I), Oct 20, 2001: Piper PA28140 (N1818J), St. Marys, KS. (-23) Saturday October 20, 2001 N1818J enroute from topeka (top) to wamego, KS (69K). A loud pop was heard from the engine followed by a decrease and loss of…

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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