# NTSB BFO86LA035: Piper PA-23-250, N6264Y, Mt. Holly, VA, June 11, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 11, 1986, 06:30 local (10:30 UTC)
- Place: Mt. Holly, VA
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 11251
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=BFO86LA035
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/11251/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO86LA035

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - wet (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - in-flight planning/decision - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area (cause)
  - aborted landing - not possible, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - utility pole
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## Analysis

THE NOSE GEAR WAS SHEARED OFF WHEN THE ACFT CONTACTED A DITCH DURING AN OVERRUN LANDING. UPON ARRIVING AT THE PVT AIRSTRIP THE PLT CIRCLED THE RWY AND DECIDED IT WAS SUITABLE FOR LANDING. TOUCHDOWN WAS MADE 400 FT DOWN THE RWY AND NORMAL DECELERATION WAS OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF BRAKES AND AERODYNAMIC BRAKING. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE ACFT DECELERATION SLOWED AND GROUND SPEED INCREASED. THE PLT VERIFIED THROTTLES AT IDLE AND ACFT CONFIGURATION. THE ACFT TRAVELED OFF THE END OF THE RWY, CONTACTED A POST AND A DITCH, CONTINUED OVER A TWO LANE HWY AND CAME TO REST IN A SECOND DITCH. PLT WAS ORIGINALLY INFORMED THE AIRSTRIP WAS 3000 FT LONG WHEN IN ACTUALITY IT IS 2250 FT LONG. THE GRASS WAS ALSO WET FROM MORNING DEW. AN ABORTED LANDING WAS NOT PERFORMED BECAUSE OF PWR LINES AT THE END OF THE RWY. A 5 KT TAILWIND WAS PRESENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6264Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6264Y-1989-03-02), registration cancelled 1989-03-02, S/N 273506 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23-250
- Registry model: [Piper PA-23-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (registry code 7102308) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 27-3506
- Airframe hours: 5616
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-540-C4B5 250 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: Bay Land Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner: Bay Land Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, January 30, 1986
- Departed: SBY, SALISBURY, MD
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: Alliance Fertilizer, runway 5, 2,250 × 75 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 51; airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 5,480 total, 414 in this make and model, 5,119 as pilot in command, 111 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 225° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 68 °F, dew point 63 °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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860611037579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860611037579A), Jun 11, 1986: Piper PA23250, Mt Holly, VA, Substantial damage. Landed with 5 knot tailwind to avoid approach over wires. Braking nil, off end of wet sod runway, hit post,ditches.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.