- Date
- August 30, 1991, 16:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Newark, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3704TPiper PA-28R-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 2, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910830037659A
- Case key
- 15175
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Probable cause
The pilot's poor inflight planning/decision making. A related factor was: the wet, slippery condition of the grass runway.
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 private pilot stated that he arrived at his destination airport after a thunderstorm passed through the area. He saw standing water on the approach end of the grass strip, so he adjusted his approach and landed long. He reported that the runway was very slick, and he was not able to stop the airplane before the end of the runway. The airplane slid into a ditch located off the end of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3704T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R30008
- Airframe hours
- 3,914
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-BIE, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Michael J. Stevens
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 19, 1991 · 43 hours before
- Departed
- STQ · Streator, IL
- Airport
- 0C8 · Cushing Field, runway 36, 2,400 × 200 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
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 114 total · 60 in this make and model · 84 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.