- Date
- August 7, 1994, 09:55 local (14:55 UTC)
- Place
- Lone Rock, WI
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6205JPiper PA-28-181
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 12, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19940807020499A
- Case key
- 9627
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Probable cause
the pilot's failure to attain a proper touchdown point on the runway.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot reported that his first approach to land resulted in a go-around because the airplane was too fast and high. On his second approach, he said he touched down about midfield of the 2577' runway with an airspeed near 90 knots. He was unable to stop the airplane before it ran off the end of the runway and into a corn field. The pilot claimed no preimpact mechanical anomalies with the airplane, and none were discovered during a postaccident inspection.
Factual narrative
On August 7, 1994, about 0955 central daylight time, a Piper PA- 28-181 airplane, N6205J, sustained substantial damage when it ran off the end of runway 18 while landing at the Tri County Airport, Lone Rock, Wisconsin. The pilot and two of the three passengers aboard were not injured; the remaining passenger reported minor injury. The personal flight operated under 14 CFR Part 91 in visual meteorological conditions without a flight plan. The flight departed Madison, Wisconsin, about 0930.
The pilot wrote in his statement to the NTSB that his first approach to land at the Tri County Airport was too high and fast, and he elected to do a go-around. On his second approach, he said that the airspeed was a little high when he flared (about 90 knots), and that he touched down about midfield. He was unable to stop the airplane before it ran off the end of the 2577' runway, into a corn field and collapsed the main landing gear.
No preimpact mechanical anomalies were claimed by the pilot or discovered during a postaccident inspection.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6205J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-181
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7690371
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bowles Travel Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Special, Provisional (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 13, 1994 · 51 hours before
- Departed
- MSN · Madison, WI
- Airport
- LNR · Tri County Regional
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 72 total · 4 in this make and model · 28 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
- 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.
Other investigations on N6205J · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.