- Date
- December 27, 1986, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- High Point, NC
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8389CPiper PA-28-181
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861227072289A
- Case key
- 7363
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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 plt landed on the wet turf/gravel rwy with a slight quartering tail wind. Rprtdly, the acft touched down about 1/3 of the way down the rwy with an airspeed of 4 to 9 KTS above the recommended speed. The plt was unable to stop on the remaining rwy & steered the acft to the left to avoid a fence near the departure end. The acft then collided with a railroad embankment which was adjacent to the rwy. An exam of the brakes & tires revealed they were in good condition & should have functioned correctly.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8389C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-181
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 287690129
- Airframe hours
- 3,054
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Fredrick Aviation
- Registered owner
- Catoctin Capital Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 24, 1986 · 34 hours before
- Departed
- W78 · South Boston, VA
- Airport
- NC03 · Darr Field, runway 31, 2,305 × 60 ft, grass/turf
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 104 total · 52 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GSO, 11 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.