- Date
- April 19, 1992, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Moontown, AL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5112PPiper PA-24-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 9, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920419010439A
- Case key
- 8589
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Probable cause
The pilot's excessive reference airspeed on landing, improper use of the wheel brakes, and his delay in executing an aborted landing. A factor was the wet runway surface.
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 pilot stated that the 2400 foot long turf runway was wet. Winds were light & variable. After landing, the flaps were retracted & the brakes applied. The airplane slid for about 1000 feet without slowing. A go-around was begun during which the airplane accelerated to 82 mph, according to the pilot. The left wing struck a high clump of hedges at the runway end, yawed out of control, then collided with the ground. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5112P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-124
- Airframe hours
- 4,200
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Akins, Robert D.
- Registered owner
- Akins, Robert D.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 12, 1992 · 200 hours before
- Departed
- 81J · Destin, FL
- Airport
- 3M5 · Moontown, runway 27, 2,300 × 250 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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 286 total · 77 in this make and model · 54 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HSV, 20 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.
Other investigations on N5112P · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.