- Date
- July 2, 1991, 16:50 local (21:50 UTC)
- Place
- Lebanon, TN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3068BPiper PA-34-200T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 9, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910702025699A
- Case key
- 8426
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Probable cause
The pilot's excessive touchdown speed, his failure to maintain a proper touchdown point, and his failure to execute a go-around when a safe landing could not be made. Factors in the accident were: the wet runway conditions at the airport and the crosswind conditions prevailing at the airport.
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 private pilot was diverting to another airport due to thundershowers at his planned destination. While on short final, he reported heavy rain conditions. After touchdown, he reported forward visibility to be zero and that the airplane was hydroplaning. Crosswind conditions were also reported at the time of the accident. He was not able to stop the airplane in the remaining runway, and the airplane collided with a ditch. Three witnesses at the airport reported that the pilot landed halfway or further down the 4,000-foot long runway at a faster-than-normal speed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3068B
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-200T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7970013
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-EB, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Hill Aircraft And Leasing Corp
- Registered owner
- Hill Aircraft And Leasing Corp
- Departed
- FTY · Atlanta, GA
- Destination
- BNA · Nashville, TN
- Airport
- M54 · Lebanon Municipal, runway 36, 4,000 × 75 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
- 25
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 448 total · 25 in this make and model · 448 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 15 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,200 ft broken
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BNA, 260 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.