- Date
- September 21, 2009, 13:50 local (18:50 UTC)
- Place
- Sibley, IA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N57354Piper PA-28-180
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Runway excursion
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 3, 2010
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- Case key
- 74786
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot's long and fast landing and her delayed decision to execute a go-around.
Findings · 4
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot stated that she attempted a landing with a 10-degree flap setting. Calm winds were reported by the pilot. The airplane, which has tricycle-type landing gear, touched down in a "perfect" three-point landing at about 75 knots. The pilot told the Federal Aviation Administration inspector that the touchdown point was about halfway down the runway, at about 105 knots. The pilot realized that the airplane speed was too fast and then performed an aborted landing by retracting flaps to 0 degrees and adding full power. The airplane impacted a traffic sign and terrain when it overran the runway without becoming airborne, which resulted in substantial damage to the firewall. The pilot sustained minor injuries.
Factual narrative
The pilot stated she attempted a landing with a 10 degree flap setting on runway 35 (2,987 feet by 50 feet, concrete). Calm winds were reported by the pilot. The airplane, which was equipped with a tricycle landing gear, touched down in a "perfect" three point landing at about 75 knots. The pilot told the Federal Aviation Administration inspector that the touchdown point and speed was about 1/2 down the runway at about 105 knots. The pilot "realized" that the airplane speed was "too fast" and then performed an aborted landing by retracting flaps to 0 degrees and adding full power. The airplane impacted a traffic sign and terrain when it overran the runway without becoming airborne, which resulted in substantial damage to the firewall. The pilot sustained minor injuries.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N57354
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7405044
- Airframe hours
- 2,223
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4A, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Pilot
- Registered owner
- Pilot
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 28, 2009
- Departed
- SPW · Spencer, IA
- Destination
- ISB · Sibley, IA
- Airport
- ISB · Sibley Municipal Airport, runway 35, concrete
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
- 60
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 572 total · 524 in this make and model · 524 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 10, 2009, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 611 KB in all.