- Date
- March 26, 1987, 21:15 local (Mar 27, 1987, 02:15 UTC)
- Place
- Toccoa, GA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3042UPiper PA-32-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870327007499A
- Case key
- 7398
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot overshot runway 20 and skidded off the departure end which caused substantial damage to the aircraft. The pilot stated that he should have descended to the normal visual traffic pattern altitude before attempting a landing. There were no reported aircraft or airport system problems. Airport officials reported that aircraft tire marks were about 1000 feet from the departure end of the runway. The black tire marks trailed to the point where the aircraft came to rest.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3042U
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-7940078
- Airframe hours
- 1,300
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K165, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Stuart L. Longman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 18, 1986 · 56 hours before
- Departed
- ASH · Ashevile, NC
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- TOC · Toccoa, runway 20, 4,000 × 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
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 248 total · 81 in this make and model · 175 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Observed at
- GMU
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.