- Date
- May 4, 1985, 11:20 local (15:20 UTC)
- Place
- White Sulphur, WV
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2618MPiper PA-34-200T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850504043209I
- Case key
- 6676
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During VFR ldg apch, pilot noted a vehicle on the left edge of the rwy. The apch was contd and as the ldg flare was started, the pilot and one of his passengers stated that the vehicle started across the rwy in front of them. The pilot pulled the yoke back to Z00M over the vehicle without adding power. The acft struck the rwy and boucced. The nose gear support truss was displaced upward and the top fitting penetrating the top fuselage skin at the fuselage/ windshield juncture. Witnesses on the ground stated that the vehicle was parked on the left edge of the rwy and was unoccupied.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2618M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-200T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34-7870089
- Airframe hours
- 1,914
- Engine
- Continental L/TS10-36E, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Congressional Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 29, 1984 · 110 hours before
- Departed
- DCA · Washington, DC
- Airport
- SSU · White Sulphur Springs, runway 26, 5,170 × 150 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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 514 total · 54 in this make and model · 444 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- 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.