- Date
- September 22, 1992, 19:00 local (Sep 23, 1992, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Peoria, IL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2484YPiper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920922038549A
- Case key
- 15555
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Probable cause
The private pilot's misjudged touchdown. Related factors are the reduced visibility due to sunglare, ongoing runway construction, and the pilot's inattention to atc/communications/information.
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 because she was landing into the setting sun her 'approach had a relatively low angle of attack. I was trying to get the sun out of my eyes, to no avail.' The airplane touched down on the displaced threshold of the landing runway. The pilot reported: 'upon touchdown, I realized immediately that the concrete was torn out ahead.' The airplane impacted a 55 gallon drum and skidded into an excavated area of the displaced threshold. The construction on the displaced threshold was included in NOTAMS and the ATIS information. The pilot stated '...I listened to Peoria ATIS. I did hear mention of construction on 31, but since construction has been on-going since spring...I didn't pay any more attention.' The displaced threshold and construction areas were marked appropriately.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2484Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-8516068
- Airframe hours
- 2,776
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Clark Aviation
- Registered owner
- Clark Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000 · 64 hours before
- Departed
- BMI · Bloomington, IL
- Airport
- PIA · Greater Peoria, runway 31, 8,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 72 total · 3 in this make and model · 42 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 350° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PIA, 1 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.