# NTSB CHI06CA239: Piper PA-28-181, N4008Q, Napoleon, MI, August 16, 2006

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: August 16, 2006, 10:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place: Napoleon, MI
- Coordinates: 42.170833, -84.259719
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1708&lon=-84.2597&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 29, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 64381
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI06CA239
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/64381/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06CA239

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain a proper glidepath during the landing approach, and his excessive airspeed during the landing which resulted in the overrun.  A factor was the fence that the airplane impacted.

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing
  - proper glidepath - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing
  - object - fence (contributing factor)

## Analysis

The airplane was substantially damaged during an overrun while landing.  The pilot reported that during the landing approach he was too high and too fast.  He stated that the airplane went off of the runway, across an adjacent road, and through a fence prior to coming to a stop near a storage barn.

## Factual narrative

The airplane was substantially damaged during an overrun while landing.  The pilot reported that during the landing approach he was too high and too fast.  He stated that the airplane went off of the runway, across an adjacent road, and through a fence prior to coming to a stop near a storage barn.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4008Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4008Q-2024-04-27), registration cancelled 2024-04-27, S/N 28-7790468, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Piper PA-28-181
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-181](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (registry code 7102807) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-7790468
- Airframe hours: 3802
- Engines: Lycoming O-360 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, July 1, 2006
- Departed: OZW, HOWELL, MI
- Destination: 3NP, Napoleon, MI
- Airport: 3NP, Napoleon, runway 27, 2,740 × 200 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 84; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review January 1, 2006; seat: left; flight hours: 650 total, 100 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

## 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 20060816026729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060816026729A), Aug 16, 2006: Piper PA28181, Napoleon, MI, Substantial damage. (-23) Aircraft overran runway, departed airport property. Substantial damage resulted from collision with fence at adjacent storage facility. No injuries.

## Other investigations on N4008Q (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 CEN23LA266](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA266), Jun 24, 2023: Piper PA-28-181 (N4008Q), Howell, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to the formation of carburetor ice that resulted from the pilot’s delayed use of carburetor heat during the landing approach.

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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