- Date
- April 2, 1994, 17:41 local (22:41 UTC)
- Place
- Boone, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5704PPiper PA-24-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 7, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19940402007419A
- Case key
- 3365
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Probable cause
The excessive speed used on final approach to the short runway by the pilot, and the failure of the pilot to use the proper touchdown point on the runway for landing.
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 was attempting a landing on the short runway. He stated that he used 85 knots indicated airspeed on final approach. The airplane floated down the runway, and did not touch down until approximately one half of the runway had been used. The aircraft ran off the end of the runway, and impacted trees before coming to rest on a golf course past the departure end of runway 31.
Factual narrative
On April 2, 1994, about 1741 eastern standard time, a Piper PA-24-180, N5704P, was substantially damaged following a collision with trees during a landing attempt at Boone, North Carolina. The private pilot received minor injuries in the accident. The aircraft was being operated under 14 CFR Part 91 by the pilot. Visual meteorological conditions existed, and no flight plan had been filed for the personal flight. The flight departed Winston-Salem, North Carolina about 1630.
The pilot stated he used 85 knots indicated airspeed on final approach to the short runway. He stated that he did not touchdown until approximately one half of the runway had passed behind him. The aircraft impacted trees prior to coming to rest on a golf course off the departure end of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5704P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-777
- Airframe hours
- 3,462
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Riegelman, Michael D.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Provisional (Special); Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 13, 1993 · 80 hours before
- Departed
- INT · Winston-Salem, NC
- Airport
- 5A2 · Boone, runway 31, 2,100 × 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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 456 total · 454 in this make and model · 426 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- INT, 45 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.