- Date
- October 18, 1984, 16:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Compton, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N500JTPiper PA-34-200T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841018056469A
- Case key
- 12936
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt stated that he landed aprx 1/4 way down the wet sod rwy which is 2590 ft long. The braking action was nil. The acft ran off the end of the rwy & collided with a 3 ft embankment.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N500JT
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-200T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 347970295
- Airframe hours
- 1,055
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-EB, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Breson Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 6, 1984
- Departed
- DKB · Dekalb, IL
- Airport
- C82 · Bresson, runway 18, 2,590 × 190 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
- 33
- 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
- 3,220 total · 90 in this make and model · 2,996 as pilot in command · 59 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 18 knots, gusting 24
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RFD, 27 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 N500JT · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.