- Date
- June 8, 1988, 18:10 local (23:10 UTC)
- Place
- Bedford, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7151PPiper PA-24-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880608019249A
- Case key
- 14089
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot landed beyond his intended touchdown point on the runway due to excessive airspeed during the approach to landing and touchdown. When the aircraft ran off the departure end of the runway the pilot elected to perform an intentional ground loop/swerve in an attempt to avoid a ditch/culvert in the aircraft's path. The side loads incurred during this maneuver caused the right main landing gear to collapse.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7151P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-2316
- Airframe hours
- 1,550
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-A1A5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Hamayoun F. Sarabi
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 4, 1988 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- Louisville, KY
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- BFR · Bedford, runway 24, 3,100 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 174 total · 95 in this make and model · 174 as pilot in command · 37 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BMG, 20 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.