- Date
- July 23, 2003, 20:10 local (Jul 24, 2003, 01:10 UTC)
- Place
- Evansville, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9941WPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 2004
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20030723021699A
- Case key
- 57650
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to attain the proper touchdown point. The barrels were a factor.
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 struck barrels used to mark the displaced threshold of the runway during the landing approach.
Factual narrative
On July 23, 2003, about 2010 central daylight time, a Piper PA-28-140, N9941W, piloted by a student pilot, sustained substantial damage during landing approach to runway 04 (8,021 feet by 150 feet, asphalt), at the Evansville Regional Airport, Evansville, Indiana. The airplane struck barrels used to mark the displaced threshold of the runway. The 14 CFR Part 91 solo training flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions without a flight plan. The flight departed from Skylane Airport, Evansville, Indiana, at an undetermined time.
As of this writing, the student pilot has not submitted a written report of the accident to the National Transportation Safety Board.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9941W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-23485
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Anthony A Thomas
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 3EV · Evansville, IN
- Destination
- EVV · Evansville, IN
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- EVV · Evansville Regional, runway 04, 8,021 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 22
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 36 total · 8 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 10° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.01 inHg
- Observed at
- EVV
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 N9941W · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.