- Date
- November 25, 1982, 15:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Man, WV
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8249KPiper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 25, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821125060049A
- Case key
- 71557
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
A witness reported that the pilot landed about 2100 ft down the 2750 ft, turf runway, rolled several hundred feet, then attempted to go around. When the aircraft was about 4 or 5 ft in the air, it hit some trees while heading into a river basin near the end of the runway. The left wing hit a suspension foot bridge as the plane crossed under the bridge. The aircraft then crashed into the river bank. An examination of the engine was made, but no preimpact malfunction was found. A witness reported that the wind favored runway 32. Another witness was in an aircraft getting ready to depart on runway 32 when the accident occurred.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8249K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-8216181
- Airframe hours
- 201
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Sunrise Aviation Enterprises,
- Registered owner
- Sunrise Aviation Enterprises,
- Departed
- Batavia, OH
- Destination
- Taplin, WV
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- runway 11, 2,750 × 100 ft, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 27
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 96 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 111 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.