- Date
- November 7, 1987, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Sebring, OH
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N667FLPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871107062409A
- Case key
- 7670
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The airplane landed hard short of the rwy, and sustained structural damage to the ldg gear and both wings. The plt reported that he had been distracted by another airplane that entered the traffic pattern ahead of him, and had inadvertently allowed the airplane airspeed to decrease. The airplane subsequently impacted rising terrain a few feet short of the rwy threshold. The stall warning light was observed to illuminate just prior to impact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N667FL
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 287225205
- Airframe hours
- 3,179
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Rudolph J. Fields
- Registered owner
- Rudolph J Fields
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 7G2 · Ashtabula, OH
- Airport
- 3G6 · Tri-City, runway 17, 2,800 × 65 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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 232 total · 232 in this make and model · 8 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CAK, 20 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.