# NTSB ATL86LLT08: Piper PA-34, N3951X, Smithville, TN, March 25, 1986

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: March 25, 1986, 08:45 local (13:45 UTC)
- Place: Smithville, TN
- Location: 35.9584° N, 85.8214° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Smithville, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9584&lon=-85.8214&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7207
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL86LLT08
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7207/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86LLT08

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - airspeed - exceeded, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3951X), registered now, S/N 34-7670003, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34
- Registry model: [Piper PA-34-200T](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (registry code 7103406) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (registry code 17019, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 25; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860325007589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860325007589A), Mar 25, 1986: Piper PA34200T, Smithville, TN, Substantial damage. Landed half way down the runway with a quartering tailwind. Aircraft then rolled off runway end, left gear folded.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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