- Date
- March 25, 1986, 08:45 local (13:45 UTC)
- Place
- Smithville, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3951XPiper PA-34
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860325007589A
- Case key
- 7207
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
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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
Airspeed - exceededCause
Proper touchdown point - not attainedCause
Go-around - not performedCause
Weather condition - tailwindFactor
Wrong runway - selectedCause
Analysis
The acft ran off the departure end of the rwy during landing. The acft reportedly landed 1/2 way down the 3400 ft rwy. The plt stated in a post acc interview that he was 'too high too fast and too long.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3951X
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Continental TS10-360-E, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Smithville Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 1, 1986
- Departed
- MBI · Murfreesboro, TN
- Destination
- AO3 · Smithville, TN
- Airport
- AO3 · Smithville
N3951XRegistered now · Piper PA-34-200TAirframe modelPiper PA-34-200TEngine modelContinental TSIO-360 series
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
- 25
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- -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.