- Date
- April 20, 1985, 11:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Arlington, TN
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7406WPiper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850420014779A
- Case key
- 6658
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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.
Overrun
Weather condition - tailwindFactor
In-flight planning/decision - poorCause
Wrong runway - selectedCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - ditch
Analysis
The acft overran the rwy during landing and contacted a ditch. A left quartering tailwind was present at the time of the landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7406W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1292
- Airframe hours
- 2,964
- Engine
- Lycoming LO-360-A3A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Donald F. Gongaware
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 21, 1984 · 16 hours before
- Departed
- 54M · Rossville, TN
- Destination
- LHC · Arlington, TN
- Airport
- LHC · Arlington Airport, runway 33, 3,800 × 75 ft, asphalt
N7406WRegistration cancelled Feb 21, 2013 · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 97 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 11 knots, gusting 16
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Observed at
- MEM, 24 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.
Other investigations on N7406W · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.