- Date
- July 15, 2012, 13:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Jenks, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N83604Piper PA-18-150
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing area overshoot
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 4, 2012
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA Oklahoma City FSDO
- FAA report
- 20120715017369A
- Case key
- 84362
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to achieve a proper touchdown point during landing, which resulted in a runway overrun and impact with obstructions.
Findings · 3
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 was landing the tailwheel-equipped airplane on a rural grass runway. At the midpoint of the 1,000-foot runway, the airplane was still airborne, but the pilot reported that he elected not to go around because of trees and power lines near the departure end of the runway. After the airplane touched down, and while it was still moving about 20 mph, it impacted obstructions at the end of the runway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings, the right aileron, and the upper fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical problems with the airplane.
Factual narrative
The solo private pilot was landing a tailwheel-equipped airplane on a rural grass runway. At the mid-point of the 1,000 foot long runway the airplane was still airborne, but the pilot reported that he elected not to go-around because of trees and power lines on the departure end of the runway. The airplane was still moving about 20 mph when it impacted obstructions at the end of the runway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings, the right aileron, and the upper fuselage. The pilot also reported that there were no preaccident mechanical problems with the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N83604
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-7709097
- Airframe hours
- 2,483
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320 SERIES, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Kirby H Crowe
- Registered owner
- Kirby H Crowe
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 6, 2011 · 110 hours before
- Departed
- K81 · Paola, KS
- Destination
- NONE · Jenks, OK
- Airport
- NONE · Private Airstrip - Jenks OK, runway 18, 1,000 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 54
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- May 30, 2011
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 958 total · 940 in this make and model · 920 as pilot in command · 76 in the last 90 days · 21 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.01 inHg
- Observed at
- KRVS, 2 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.