- Date
- October 1, 1983, 18:10 local (23:10 UTC)
- Place
- Sewanee, TN
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8349ZPiper PA-32-301
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831001073819A
- Case key
- 6356
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft collided with trees during landing roll. The plt has recounted several variations of the accident from locked brakes (parking) to a flat left tire with full right rudder to maintain directional control. There was a left tire skid mark from touchdown according to the plt. The right tire left a skid mark also about 100 ft later. According to the insurance adjusters account the plt said he did not use the brakes during landing. Another witness says both tires left skid marks starting 800 ft from the rwy threshold.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8349Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-301
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-8306008
- Airframe hours
- 211
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1G5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Arthur L. Speck, Sr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 26, 1983 · 211 hours before
- Departed
- DVK · Danville, KY
- Destination
- UOS · Sewanee, TN
- Airport
- U0S · Franklin County, runway 24, 3,300 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 33
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,082 total · 36 in this make and model · 2,706 as pilot in command · 134 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N8349Z · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.