# NTSB ATL88LA247: Piper PA-60-602P, N64718, Hopkinsville, KY, September 14, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 14, 1988, 07:28 local (12:28 UTC)
- Place: Hopkinsville, KY
- Coordinates: 36.850959, -87.489089 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8510&lon=-87.4891&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 4, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7809
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL88LA247
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7809/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88LA247

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - weather condition - low ceiling
  - weather condition - fog
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper touchdown point - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - wet (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - approach light/navaid

## Analysis

THE AIRPLANE OVERRAN RWY 26 DURING LDG, FOLLOWING AN SDF APPCH. THE PLT REPORTED THAT HE BROKE OUT OF THE WX ABOUT 1 MILE FROM THE RWY, WITH 2 TO 3 MILES VISIBILITY. HE SUBSEQUENTLY LANDED 'LONG' ON THE WET RWY WITH A TAILWIND, AND FOUND THAT BRAKING WAS NOT EFFECTIVE. THE AIRPLANE RAN OFF THE RWY END AND COLLIDED WITH THE SDF EQUIPMENT BOX. THE NEAREST WX REPORTING STATION WAS LOCATED APPROX 10 MI AWAY AT CAMPBELL AAF (HOP). A SPECIAL OBSERVATION MADE AT HOP REPORTED SKY PARTIALLY OBSCURED, VISIBILITY 1/16 MILE IN FOG & WIND 040 AT 6 KTS. HOP APPROACH GAVE THE WX INFO TO THE PLT SHORTLY AFTER INITIAL CONTACT. THE SDF 26 APPCH PLATE STATED THAT THE MINIMUM VISIBILITY FOR BOTH STRAIGHT-IN & CIRCLE-TO-LAND APPCHS WAS 1 MILE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N64718 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-60-602P
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 60-8365004
- Airframe hours: 1133
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-540-A1A5 290 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Positioning, Part 91
- Registered owner: Bullfrog, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: AAIP, August 18, 1988, 3 hours before
- Departed: OWB, OWENSBORO, KY
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: 1M8, Hopkinsville-Christian Co, runway 26, 5,000 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; flight instructor, airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 4,101 total, 225 in this make and model, 3,826 as pilot in command, 91 in the last 90 days, 14 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: 40° at 6 knots
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 72 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: HOP, 10 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880914038579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880914038579A), Sep 14, 1988: Piper PA60602P, Hopkinsville, KY, Substantial damage. Landed long downwind on wet runway and hydroplaned off end of runway striking sdf approach equipment box.

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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