- Date
- September 15, 2000, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Sandstone, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4584PPiper PA-23-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 2, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20000915010039A
- Case key
- 50317
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Probable cause
the pilot exceeding the proper touchdown point on the runway.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot said that he 'approached and touched down about 1/3 distance down the grass runway. [I] applied brakes, but I was unable to stop the aircraft before it rolled off the end of the runway.' An examination of the airplane revealed no anomalies.
Factual narrative
On September 15, 2000, at 1700 central daylight time (cdt), a Piper PA-23-250, N4584P, operated by a commercial pilot, sustained substantial damage when on landing, the airplane departed the end of a grass strip and impacted some trees, 8 miles west of Sandstone, Minnesota. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The personal flight was being conducted under 14 CFR Part 91. No flight plan was on file. The pilot reported no injuries. The cross-country flight originated at Mora, Minnesota, at 1630 cdt.
In his written statement, the pilot said that he "approached and touched down about 1/3 distance down the grass runway. [I] applied brakes, but I was unable to stop the aircraft before it rolled off the end of the runway."
A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector examined the airplane at the accident location. The airplane's nose gear was broken aft. The right wing attachment and spar were bent aft. Flight control continuity was confirmed. An examination of the engine, engine controls, or other airplane systems revealed no anomalies.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4584P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 27-93
- Airframe hours
- 3,728
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-A1B5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert S. Hansen
- Registered owner
- Horizon Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 12, 2000 · 34 hours before
- Departed
- JMR · Mora, MN
- Airport
- Private Airstrip, runway 27, 2,500 × 150 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
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,880 total · 16 in this make and model · 1,640 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DLH, 50 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.
Other investigations on N4584P · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.