- Date
- July 13, 1985, 16:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Stoughton, WI
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N47677Piper PA-28-181
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850713031019A
- Case key
- 13140
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Analysis
Upon landing following a normal 70 knot final approach the aircraft initially touched down one-third of the way down the 2500 ft grass runway. A bounce carried the aircraft to a point halfway down the runway where the aircraft landed in a full stall. The pilot commenced braking but the aircraft veered off the right side into trees and a ditch. An examination of the acft logbook revealed that the right brake linings were replaced twice since 04-23-84. An examination of the brake system itself revealed nothing that would cause inadvertent brake locking, however the pilot described the grass runway surface as dry but slippery.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47677
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-181
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 287890114
- Airframe hours
- 1,512
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Eaglestar Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 4, 1984 · 116 hours before
- Departed
- 55C · Dodgeville, WI
- Destination
- 2W16 · Stoughton, WI
- Airport
- 2WI6 · Matson Airport, runway 18, 2,500 × 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
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 636 total · 50 in this make and model · 596 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 10 knots, gusting 7
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 84 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MSN
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.