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NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA-34-200 · Columbus, GA · June 27, 1986

Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal report
Date
June 27, 1986, 18:50 local (22:50 UTC)
Place
Columbus, GA
Injuries
6 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N57308Piper PA-34-200
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Completed
Report
Approved by Office Director
FAA report
19860627028309A
Case key
7140

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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.

On ground/water encounter with terrain/waterLanding - roll
Terrain condition - ground
In-flight planning/decision - poorPilot in commandCause
Weather condition - thunderstorm
Compensation for wind conditions - inadequatePilot in commandCause
Go-around - not performedPilot in commandCause
All available runway - not usedPilot in commandCause

Analysis

The flight departed venice, FL enroute to cleveland, TN. The plt related that he elected to make an unscheduled landing at the Columbus airport, Columbus, GA due to thunderstorm activity in the area. The aircraft reportedly encountered wind shear, landed long, and ran off the end of the runway.

Aircraft

Registration
N57308
Reported as
Piper PA-34-200
Category
Airplane
Serial number
34-7450049
Engine
Continental IO 360-C1E6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Personal · Part 91
Operator
Air Venice
Registered owner
Anderson Investment, Inc.
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Departed
VNC · Venice, FL
Destination
HDI · Cleveland, TN
Flight plan
IFR
Airport
CSG · Columbus, runway 12, 3,999 × 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
35
Certificate
Commercial
Airplane ratings
Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
Instrument ratings
Airplane
Medical
Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
Seat
Left
Flight hours
1,769 total · 28 in this make and model · 1,647 as pilot in command · 63 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind
5° at 10 knots
Visibility
4 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
4,500 ft overcast
Temperature
81 °F, dew point 70 °F
Altimeter
30.00 inHg
Observed at
CSG

FAA reports on this event · 1

The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.