- Date
- February 26, 1989, 11:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place
- Liberty, NC
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N56600Piper PA-28-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 11, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890226002609A
- Case key
- 7991
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadvertent landing at the wrong airport, contributing to the accident was the failure of the airport personnel to notify the FAA of the existance of the airport so it could be properly designated on aviation charts.
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 airplane overran the rwy during rollout. The plt reported that he thought he was landing at his intended destination arpt. Which had a 3,000 ft long by 40 ft wide rwy. He landed instead at a private, paved airstrip located about 1 to 2 miles from the destination arpt. The airstrip rwy was oriented the same direction as the destination arpt, but was only 1,000 ft long by 20 ft wide. The plt reported that he had not flown in the area before. Investigation revealed that the FAA had no record of the airstrip, and that it was not noted on charts or in the arpt/facility directory. A representative of the arpt owner reported that the owner was not aware of any requirement to notify the FAA of the arpt. The airstrip was about 7 yrs old. 14CFR157 (FAR part 157) requires that any person intending to construct or establish a new airport notify the FAA of their intent.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N56600
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7410014
- Airframe hours
- 1,677
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-B4B5, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- R And R Flyers
- Registered owner
- R & R Flyers
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 14, 1988 · 157 hours before
- Departed
- INT · Winston-Salem, NC
- Destination
- 2A5 · Liberty, NC
- Airport
- NONE · Lake Juno, runway 20, 1,000 × 20 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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 304 total · 161 in this make and model · 213 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.