# NTSB CHI94LA268: Piper PA-28-181, N6205J, Lone Rock, WI, August 7, 1994 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: August 7, 1994, 09:55 local (14:55 UTC) - Place: Lone Rock, WI - Coordinates: 43.179668, -90.200721 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1797&lon=-90.2007&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: Minor injuries - Injuries: 1 minor, 3 uninjured - Status: Completed, report January 12, 1995 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 9627 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI94LA268 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/9627/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94LA268 ## Probable cause the pilot's failure to attain a proper touchdown point on the runway. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Overrun, landing - roll - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause) - Main gear collapsed, landing - roll - landing gear,main gear - overload ## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6205J), registered now, S/N 28-7690371, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181 - Registry model: [Piper PA-28-181](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (registry code 7102807) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 28-7690371 - Engines: 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 ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 35; 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 (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 19940807020499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940807020499A), Aug 7, 1994: Piper PA28181, Lone Rock, WI, Substantial damage. Too high and fast. Went around. Second time landed midfield. Unable stop. Overran end runway into corn field. ## Other investigations on N6205J (1) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB CHI91LA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI91LA093), Feb 7, 1991: Piper PA-28-181 (N6205J), Marshfield, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT PLANNING/DECISION BY THE PILOT AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED, WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT STALL/MUSH ONTO SNOW COVERED TERRAIN BESIDE THE RUNWAY. THE ADVERSE WEATHER… From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. 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