- Date
- May 15, 1986, 18:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Toccoa, GA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2115ZPiper PA-28RT-201T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860515017529A
- Case key
- 7100
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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.
Analysis
The pilot made three unsuccessful attempts to land the aircraft on the runway. During the third attempt the aircraft bounced on the runway and the pilot applied power to go-around. During the attempted go-around the aircraft collided with trees on the left side of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2115Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28RT-201T (PA-28RT-20)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R7931156
- Airframe hours
- 4,195
- Engine
- Continental TS10-360-FBI, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- L. D. Snyder & Assoc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 10, 1985 · 65 hours before
- Departed
- SGJ · St.Augustine, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- TOC · Rg Latourneau Fld, runway 20, 4,000 × 75 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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 304 total · 18 in this make and model · 151 as pilot in command · 79 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °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.