- Date
- June 16, 1990, 19:24 local (23:24 UTC)
- Place
- Chester, MD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8167RPiper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 23, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900616021219A
- Case key
- 11600
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Probable cause
The pilot's misidentification of a road for the runway. Factors were sunglare and the pilot's unfamiliarity with the airport, and inadequate visual lookout.
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 mistakenly landed on a road parallel and east of runway one, where he intended to land. The aircraft struck a parked truck during the landing roll. He said sunlight obstructed his vision during the approach. He didn't realize the mistake until after he landed. This was his first flight to the airport.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8167R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-8016280
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D36, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Rainbow Aviation
- Registered owner
- Aircraft Services, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · February 23, 1990 · 4,015 hours before
- Departed
- MIV · Millville, NJ
- Destination
- OW6
- Airport
- OW6 · Castle Marina, runway 1
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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Unknown
- Flight hours
- 700 total · 600 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BWI
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 N8167R · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.