# NTSB CHI85LA057: Piper PA-28RT-201, N8336V, Blaine, MN, November 26, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 25, 1984, 22:15 local (Nov 26, 1984, 04:15 UTC)
- Place: Blaine, MN
- Coordinates: 45.09962, -93.25019 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0996&lon=-93.2502&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12962
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI85LA057
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12962/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA057

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - in-flight planning/decision - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - high vegetation
- Fire, standing

## Analysis

INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE PLT LANDED THE ACFT ON RWY 35 WITH WINDS FROM 130 DEGREES AT 15 KTS GUSTING TO 23 KTS. THE ACFT DEPARTED THE END OF THE 4900 FT RWY WHERE THE LEFT FUEL TANK WAS RUPTURED AND A FIRE ERUPTED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N8336V (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28RT-201 (PA-28RT-20)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28R8118055
- Airframe hours: 1485
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-360-C1C6 200 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Arnold L. Holmquist
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, July 5, 1984, 95 hours before
- Destination: STC, ST.CLOUD, MN
- Airport: ANE, Anoka County, runway 35, 4,900 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 24; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 146 total, 7 in this make and model, 71 as pilot in command, 31 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 130° at 14 knots, gusting 19
- Visibility: 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 5,500 ft overcast
- Temperature: 46 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: MSP, 15 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19841125066699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841125066699A), Nov 25, 1984: Piper PA28RT201, Blaine, MN, Destroyed. Pilot landed downwind. Aircraft ran off departure end of runway, struck high weeds. Aircraft burned after stopping.

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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