- Date
- July 7, 1990, 11:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Drummand Island, MI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7636FPiper PA-28-181
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900707024519A
- Case key
- 14704
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Probable cause
Pilot-in-command's failure to plan his approach and landing to use all available runway. Contributing factors are inadequate preflight preparation, lack of familiarity with the destination airport, and inadequate runway markings.
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
The pilot stated that upon entering the traffic pattern at the destination airport he conferred with his pilot-rated passengers to determine the location of the approach end of the grass runway. All three aircraft occupants agreed on a point just south of an intersecting asphalt runway, and the pilot set up his approach in accordance. The pilot reported that the aircraft touched down at the intended touchdown point, but he was unable to get the aircraft stopped before the end of the runway. The aircraft ran off the departure end of the runway, down and embankment and collided with a fence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7636F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-181
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7790199
- Airframe hours
- 1,263
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bay De Noc Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 10, 1990 · 174 hours before
- Departed
- KSAW · Sawyer, MI
- Airport
- Y66 · Drummond Island, runway 18, 2,700 × 150 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
- 69
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,564 total · 48 in this make and model · 1,397 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 12 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PLN, 45 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.