- Date
- August 19, 1993, 18:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Point Lookout, MO
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N80349Piper PA-32R-301
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930819029819A
- Case key
- 15772
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to attain the proper touchdown Point.
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 airplane floated and touched down in the last third of the runway. The pilot commenced heavy braking, and the airplane skidded off the right side of the runway. No mechanical discrepancy was reported or found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N80349
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R-301
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32R8213020
- Airframe hours
- 1,884
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1G5D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Discovery Aviation Center
- Registered owner
- Discovery Aviation Center
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 28, 1993 · 37 hours before
- Departed
- OMA · Omaha, NE
- Destination
- PLK
- Airport
- PLK · Graham Clark Airport, runway 11, 3,539 × 100 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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 528 total · 64 in this make and model · 439 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.