- Date
- May 24, 1986, 14:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Statesville, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9778CPiper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860524019629A
- Case key
- 7110
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot allowed the aircraft to stall and touchdown short of the runway while competing in a power off spot landing competition. The pilot stated that the accident could have been prevented by simply adding power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9778C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7816528
- Airframe hours
- 5,763
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Southeast Airmotive Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 3, 1986 · 50 hours before
- Airport
- SVH · Stateville, runway 28, 4,518 × 100 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
- Certificate
- Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 630 total · 150 in this make and model · 457 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 30,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Observed at
- HKY
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 N9778C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.