- Date
- February 19, 1989, 16:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Waynesville, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8510LPiper PA-25-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 19, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890219003229A
- Case key
- 7990
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Probable cause
The pilot delayed his landing/touchdown, misjudged the distance of the remaining runway and did not go around. The slick/thawing runway conditions and the fences were contributing factors.
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 rprtd he had made several glider tow flts from the grass strip, which initially was frozen. On the last 2 flts, he took off to the west & landed to the east in preparation for the next tow. After the 7th tow, he had planned a 'long' landing & the acft touched down past the halfway point in calm wind. The plt rprtd that when he applied brakes, braking was ineffective. The acft contd off the end of the rwy & went thru 2 fences before stopping. At the time of the acdnt, the frozen ground had just started to thaw at the surface which made the grass slippery.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8510L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25-4925
- Airframe hours
- 4,083
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-B2C5, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Caesar Creek Soaring Club
- Registered owner
- Soaring Society Of Dayton, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 29, 1988 · 189 hours before
- Airport
- 20H9 · Caesar Creek Gliderport, runway 9, 2,800 × 200 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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,811 total · 7 in this make and model · 1,719 as pilot in command · 29 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N8510L · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.