- Date
- September 27, 1990, 08:00 local (13:00 UTC)
- Place
- Amana, IA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N21489Piper PA-28-181
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900927042519A
- Case key
- 14784
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Probable cause
Proper touchdown point not attained and go-around delayed by the pilot in command. Contributing factors were ATC communications inadequate and wet, grass runway with a tailwind environment plus a fence.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt said the acft touched down long on the 2750 ft, wet grass runway. After applying brakes, he believed he would not be able to stop on the remaining rwy, so he elected to make a go-around. The acft struck a fence, but it continued flying. The plt returned for an uneventful ldg. Both wing fuel tanks had been ruptured and the empennage was damaged by collision with the fence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N21489
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-181
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 287990050
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Key City Flyers, Inc.
- Departed
- DBQ · Dubuque, IA
- Airport
- C11 · Amana, runway 26, 2,700 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 700 total · 23 in this make and model · 547 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- CID, 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.
Other investigations on N21489 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.