- Date
- June 5, 1985, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Rochester, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N777YRPiper PA-31-T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850605022759A
- Case key
- 13086
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Undershoot
In-flight planning/decision - improperCause
Airspeed - inadequateCause
Flare - prematureCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - runway
Analysis
When the plt reduced power & flared, the acft touched down short of the rwy. The acft sustained substanitial damage when the landing gear struck the edge of the raised rwy surface.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N777YR
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31-T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31T8166063
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-135, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Minnestrista Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- MIE · Muncie, IN
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- RCR · Fulton Co., runway 29, 3,200 × 60 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 51
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 10,580 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.