- Date
- May 6, 2000, 09:54 local (14:54 UTC)
- Place
- Fulton, MO
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8641EPiper PA-28-151
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20000506008169A
- Case key
- 49129
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Probable cause
the pilot's poor inflight planning which resulted in exceeded the proper touchdown point on the runway. A factor associated with the accident was the ditch that the airplane contacted.
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 airplane touched down long on the 3,205 foot long runway. It traveled off the end of the runway where it contacted a ditch.
Factual narrative
On May 6, 2000, at 0954 central daylight time, a Piper PA-28-151, N8641E, collided with a ditch during an overrun landing on runway 23 (3,205' x 47') at the Hensley Memorial Airport, Fulton, Missouri. The private pilot and two passengers were not injured. The airplane was substantially damaged. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions. The flight originated from Osage Beach, Missouri, at 0900 cdt.
The airplane touched down long on the runway and continued off the end where it contacted a ditch. The pilot stated to an inspector from the Federal Aviation Administration Kansas City Flight Standards District Office, that she thought she had more runway left.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8641E
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-151
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7615145
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dogwood Flying Club, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- K15 · Osage Beach, MO
- Destination
- FTT
- Airport
- FTT · Hensley Memorial, runway 23, 3,205 × 47 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 17 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- COU, 10 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.