# NTSB CHI03LA220: Piper PA-28-140, N9941W, Evansville, IN, July 24, 2003

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 23, 2003, 20:10 local (Jul 24, 2003, 01:10 UTC)
- Place: Evansville, IN
- Coordinates: 38.038055, -87.530555
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0381&lon=-87.5306&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 29, 2004
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 57650
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI03LA220
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/57650/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA220

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to attain the proper touchdown point.  The barrels were a factor.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, landing
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with object, landing
  - object - other (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9941W-2013-04-17), registration cancelled 2013-04-17, S/N 28-23485, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Piper PA-28-140
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-140](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (registry code 7102802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-23485
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 22; injuries: none; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20030723021699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030723021699A), Jul 23, 2003: Piper PA28140, Evansville, IN, Substantial damage. (-23) The student pilot mistook the displaced threshold barrels used for markers as the approach end of the runway and landed on the barrels.

## Other investigations on N9941W (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW69D0197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW69D0197), Aug 21, 1968: Piper PA-28 (N9941W), Mt.Pleasant, TX, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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