- Date
- April 15, 1984, 15:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Kenosha, WI
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8667PPiper PA-24-260
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840415013859A
- Case key
- 12581
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Analysis
The plt stated he mistook the ATIS reported winds of 020 deg at 21 KTS as 210 deg at 20 KTS. After executing the VOR rwy 14 apch, he continued to land on rwy 14. There was standing water on the rwy. While landing with a tail wind, the acft hydroplaned & ran of the end of the rwy. The nose gear sank in mud & collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8667P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-260
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-4114
- Airframe hours
- 3,713
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-E4A5, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Paper Cities Aviation
- Registered owner
- C.M. Corneli
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 3, 1984
- Departed
- CIU · Sault St. Marie, MI
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- ENW · Kenosha Municipal, runway 14, 4,200 × 75 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
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- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 240 total · 41 in this make and model · 185 as pilot in command · 125 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 20 knots, gusting 26
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MKE, 21 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8667P · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.