- Date
- May 25, 1990, 20:50 local (May 26, 1990, 00:50 UTC)
- Place
- Lusby, MD
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N43078Piper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report September 4, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900525022529A
- Case key
- 11596
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Probable cause
The pilot misjudged the distance needed to touchdown and stop his aircraft before running off the end of the runway. The pilot failed to use all of the available runway during the landing sequence.
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 inadvertently landed at an unlit private airport after encountering deteriorating weather. Light rain had just begun to fall and dusk light conditions existed at the time he touched down. The pilot stated that there were trees at the approach end of the runway and he intentionally landed long in order to clear them. When he applied brakes, the aircraft failed to stop before going off the end of the runway and down an embankment.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N43078
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7425332
- Airframe hours
- 1,700
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Stephen Benhanania
- Registered owner
- Stephen Ben-Hanania
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- FRG · Farmingdale, NY
- Destination
- CRE · Myrtle Beach, SC
- Airport
- MD50 · Chesapeake Ranch, runway 12, 2,500 × 50 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 381 total · 320 in this make and model · 21 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 70 °F
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 N43078 · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.