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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper AEROSTAR 602P · Sandpoint, ID · September 23, 2013

Date
September 23, 2013 · 08:15 local
Place
Sandpoint, ID
Airport
Sandpoint
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N35FD
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR13LA419
Reported as
Piper Aerostar 602P
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-540 series
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,368 total2,950 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Pilot landed long on runway, touching down over half way down the runway. Aircraft departed the end of the runway, traveling over 550 feet further before going through the runway localizer array.

Subsequent to the accident airman was tested by local law enforcement drug recoginition expert (dre), and admitted taking two medications (lexapro & seroquel) the night before. Subsequent to the field sobriety tests (fst's) as administered by the dre, the airman was arrested for operation of an aircraft while under the influence (of drugs).

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LANDED LONG ON RUNWAY, TOUCHING DOWN OVER HALF WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE END OF THE RUNWAY, TRAVELING OVER 550 FEET FURTHER BEFORE GOING THROUGH THE RUNWAY LOCALIZER ARRAY.

SUBSEQUENT TO THE ACCIDENT AIRMAN WAS TESTED BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT DRUG RECOGINITION EXPERT (DRE), AND ADMITTED TAKING TWO MEDICATIONS (LEXAPRO & SEROQUEL) THE NIGHT BEFORE. SUBSEQUENT TO THE FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS (FST'S) AS ADMINISTERED BY THE DRE, THE AIRMAN WAS ARRESTED FOR OPERATION OF AN AIRCRAFT WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE (OF DRUGS).

NTSB investigation

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