- Date
- October 20, 1984, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lake Village, IN
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N41483Piper PA28-151
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841020057409A
- Case key
- 12939
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Analysis
The plt reported that he was on final apch to land on a wet, sod rwy when he noticed a flock of geese over the apch end. He added power to fly over the geese then proceeded to touchdown further down the rwy than what he had planned. Due to his speed & the wet rwy, he was unable to stop so he aborted the landing. However, after lift-off, the landing gear hit a fence that bordered the departure end of the rwy. The acft continued across a boardering road & nosed into a ditch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N41483
- Reported as
- Piper PA28-151
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7415232
- Airframe hours
- 1,100
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Samuel M. Sorrell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1984
- Departed
- OSC · Griffith, IN
- Airport
- C98 · Lake Village, runway 18, 2,600 × 300 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
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,895 total · 37 in this make and model · 1,850 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MDW, 40 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.