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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-180 · Morriston, FL · June 8, 2014

Date
June 8, 2014 · 19:15 local
Place
Morriston, FL
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4747M
Reported as
Piper PA-28-180
Reported engine
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,000 total600 in this make and model30 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.

After five legs, 9.3 hours of flying on June 8, 2014, the pilot in command, surrounded by thunderstorms and low on fuel, landed at 96FL, a turf runway in the rain and ran off the end of runway 36. The pilot in command claims that the original headwind sheared into a tailwind in the landing flare making stopping on the runway area impossible. The aircraft came to rest in a partially wooded area.

The aircraft suffered minor damage. The pilot in command and his 14 year old grandson were not injured.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER FIVE LEGS, 9.3 HOURS OF FLYING ON JUNE 8, 2014, THE PILOT IN COMMAND, SURROUNDED BY THUNDERSTORMS AND LOW ON FUEL, LANDED AT 96FL, A TURF RUNWAY IN THE RAIN AND RAN OFF THE END OF RUNWAY 36. THE PILOT IN COMMAND CLAIMS THAT THE ORIGINAL HEADWIND SHEARED INTO A TAILWIND IN THE LANDING FLARE MAKING STOPPING ON THE RUNWAY AREA IMPOSSIBLE. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN A PARTIALLY WOODED AREA.

THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT IN COMMAND AND HIS 14 YEAR OLD GRANDSON WERE NOT INJURED.