- Date
- June 22, 1984, 11:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Summerville, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7339JPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840622026469A
- Case key
- 6483
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft touched down 1500 ft past the approach end of the 4000 ft wet sod rwy. 10 degrees of flaps were used. Brakes were applied but at 3000 ft down the rwy the plt realized he would be unable to stop the acft before it collided with a deep ditch at the end of the rwy. An intentional ground loop was attempted and the acft struck a fire bucket and utilitytrailer before coming to rest.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7339J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-24694
- Airframe hours
- 6,008
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-F2A, 140 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Michael Faw
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 24, 1983 · 107 hours before
- Departed
- Orangeburg, SC
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- Summerville, runway 21, 4,000 × 150 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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 312 total · 245 in this make and model · 271 as pilot in command · 52 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,600 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Observed at
- CHA, 15 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.