# Incident 20150828014619I: Piper PA-24-250, Greenville, MI, August 28, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 2015, 10:00 local time
- Place: Greenville, MI
- Airport: Fairplains Airpark
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1570° N, 85.1489° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FAIRPLAINS AIRPARK (02MI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1570&lon=-85.1489&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5498P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5498P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (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-24-250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,400 total, 10 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150828014619I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 28, 2015, AT APPROXIMATELY 1000 LOCAL TIME, A PIPER PA-24-250 COMANCHE, N5498P, RAN OFF THE RUNWAY AND INTO AN ADJACENT CORNFIELD AT FAIRPLAINS AIRPARK (02MI). THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO PILOT AND PASSENGERS. THE AIRCRAFT OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED OR REQUIRED. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN THE PILOT'S APPROACH TO LAND WAS TOO HIGH AND FAST. THE 2000' GRASS STRIP WAS WET WITH MORNING DEW. THE PILOT LANDED LONG AND CHOSE NOT TO PERFORM A GO AROUND BECAUSE OF TALL TREES AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT INSTEAD STEERED THE AIRCRAFT TO AVOID THE TREES AND INTO AN ADJACENT CORNFIELD. INVESTIGATION OF PILOT IS ONGOING. THIS REPORT MAY BE AMENDED AT A FUTURE DATE.

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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