- Date
- July 27, 1993, 22:30 local (Jul 28, 1993, 03:30 UTC)
- Place
- Troy, MI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N40023Piper PA-28
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report October 20, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930727032729A
- Case key
- 9258
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Probable cause
Is the pilot not attaining the proper touchdown point, not flying a proper glidepath, and not performing a go around.
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 reported his final approach to runway 09 as 'slightly high,' and said he considered a go-around, but decided to land instead. Upon flaring, above the numbers on the runway, the aircraft 'ballooned up.' The pilot reported that he 'bled off the airspeed and touched down approximately 600 feet down (the runway).' He also reported the brakes were ineffective in stopping the aircraft. The aircraft rolled off the runway into a parking lot and collided with a parked van.
Factual narrative
On July 27, 1993, about 2230 central daylight time, a Piper, PA28; N40023 sustained substantial damage when it ran off the end of the runway, through a parking lot, and struck a van during landing at Big Beaver Airport, Troy, Michigan. The private pilot and two passengers reported no injuries. The pleasure flight originated from Grosse Ile, Michigan. The 14 CFR Part 91 flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions with no flight plan on file.
The pilot remembered his final approach to Runway 09 as "slightly high," and said he considered a go-around, but decided to land instead. Upon flaring, about on the numbers of the runway, the aircraft "ballooned up.' The pilot reported that he "bled off the airspeed and touched down approximately 600 feet down (the runway)." He also reported that brakes were ineffective in stopping the aircraft. The aircraft rolled off the runway into a parking lot and collided with a parked van.
Postaccident investigation revealed no evidence of pre-impact mechanical malfunction with the airframe, engine or accessories.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40023
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7816002
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Island Aviation
- Registered owner
- Daniel M. London
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 2G5 · Grosse Ile, MI
- Airport
- 3BB · Big Beaver Airport, runway 9, 2,400 × 40 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
- 24
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 148 total · 107 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DET, 19 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.