- Date
- June 18, 1983, 07:45 local (11:45 UTC)
- Place
- Cambridge, MD
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N81410Piper PA-32R-301T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830618026399A
- Case key
- 6096
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Analysis
The owner/student plt & his instructor (CFI) were on a dual instructional flt & proceed to an arpt with a wet grass rwy to practice landings. The rwy was 2200 ft long & had 50 to 60 ft trees at the apch end that had been cut to aprx 25 ft AGL. The 1st apch (for a touch-and-go landing) was high, so a go-around was made. The 2nd apch was better, but the student still touched down aprx 1050 ft down the rwy. At that point, the CFI told the student to make a full stop landing rather than a touch-and-go. The student applied brakes, but felt little reduction in ground speed. The CFI then took control & applied hard braking. He started s-turns but could not stop on the remaining rwy. Eventually, the acft departed the rwy in a skid, hit a ditch & the right main gear collapsed. No evidence of a preimpact malfunction or failure of the brakes was found. According to the acft handbook, 1650 ft was required to stop on dry pavement when landing over a 50 ft obstacle.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N81410
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R-301T (PA-32R-301)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32R-8229034
- Airframe hours
- 618
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540-S1AD, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Allen Taylor
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 22, 1983 · 27 hours before
- Departed
- CGE · Cambridge, MD
- Airport
- PVT · Horn Point, runway 9, 2,285 × 75 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 6,000 total · 6,000 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
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