What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
The pilot stated the flight was normal from K62 to 7A8. Upon arriving at 7A8 at an altitude of 7500 ft., he performed a circling descent to enter the traffic pattern for a landing on runway 35.
On his approach to the runway, he selected one notch of flaps. As the aircraft continued over the runway, it was not slowing down or descending so he added more flaps. The aircraft continued to "float" and he continued adding flaps until he had full flaps. The aircraft touched down on the runway with approximately 200 feet remaining. On rollout, the aircraft exited the end of the runway, proceeded through the airport perimeter fence and came to rest on a road after traveling down a small embankment.
The pilot stated he believes he had a tailwind forcing him down the runway as he had to use full flaps when he normally lands with ?one notch? Of flaps selected.
The pilot admitted he should have aborted the landing and executed a go-around.
The pilot did not check the weather or the windsock prior to landing to determine the winds and the favorable runway. Prior to his flight the pilot called the airport to gather information on which runway was best to land since he had not flown into the airport before. He was told to land on runway 35 because it was sloped uphill.
As the FAA filed it
THE PILOT STATED THE FLIGHT WAS NORMAL FROM K62 TO 7A8. UPON ARRIVING AT 7A8 AT AN ALTITUDE OF 7500 FT., HE PERFORMED A CIRCLING DESCENT TO ENTER THE TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR A LANDING ON RUNWAY 35.
ON HIS APPROACH TO THE RUNWAY, HE SELECTED ONE NOTCH OF FLAPS. AS THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED OVER THE RUNWAY, IT WAS NOT SLOWING DOWN OR DESCENDING SO HE ADDED MORE FLAPS. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO "FLOAT" AND HE CONTINUED ADDING FLAPS UNTIL HE HAD FULL FLAPS. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE RUNWAY WITH APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET REMAINING. ON ROLLOUT, THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE END OF THE RUNWAY, PROCEEDED THROUGH THE AIRPORT PERIMETER FENCE AND CAME TO REST ON A ROAD AFTER TRAVELING DOWN A SMALL EMBANKMENT.
THE PILOT STATED HE BELIEVES HE HAD A TAILWIND FORCING HIM DOWN THE RUNWAY AS HE HAD TO USE FULL FLAPS WHEN HE NORMALLY LANDS WITH ?ONE NOTCH? OF FLAPS SELECTED.
THE PILOT ADMITTED HE SHOULD HAVE ABORTED THE LANDING AND EXECUTED A GO-AROUND.
THE PILOT DID NOT CHECK THE WEATHER OR THE WINDSOCK PRIOR TO LANDING TO DETERMINE THE WINDS AND THE FAVORABLE RUNWAY. PRIOR TO HIS FLIGHT THE PILOT CALLED THE AIRPORT TO GATHER INFORMATION ON WHICH RUNWAY WAS BEST TO LAND SINCE HE HAD NOT FLOWN INTO THE AIRPORT BEFORE. HE WAS TOLD TO LAND ON RUNWAY 35 BECAUSE IT WAS SLOPED UPHILL.
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