- Date
- March 27, 1989, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Timmonsville, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9451TPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 2, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890327004939A
- Case key
- 8006
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to remain aware of the local wind conditions. Additionally, he executed the approach and landing with excessive speed, combined with a tailwind, which resulted in the runway overrun.
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 was making touch & go landings at a private grass strip. The landings were to rwys 14 & 32. On the 1st approach the wind sock indicated calm wind. The last approach was made with zero flaps. The plt slipped the acft on final approach & crossed rwy threshold at 90 knots. The pilot stated that a 10 knot wind was blowing (tailwind) when he touched down approximately 1/2 to 3/4 of the distance down the runway. The pilot was unable to stop the acft and it veered to the right, departed the runway and struck a wooden sign post.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9451T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-78A0104
- Airframe hours
- 2,454
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kukla, Robert D.
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 19, 1988 · 137 hours before
- Departed
- FLO · Florence, SC
- Airport
- 58J · Huggins Memorial, runway 32, 2,700 × 150 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 405 total · 202 in this make and model · 383 as pilot in command · 80 in the last 90 days · 18 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.