- Date
- June 18, 1984, 12:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Stratford, SD
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9389TPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840618033149A
- Case key
- 16416
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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.
Undershoot
In-flight planning/decision - poorCause
Planned approach - misjudgedCause
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Proper glidepath - not maintainedCause
Remedial action - not performedFactor
On ground/water collision with object
Object - fence
Analysis
Acft touched down short of apch end of rwy and collided with a fence which surrounds the private airstrip boundry. The plt stated too much alt was lost at slow speed on final.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9389T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-78A0088
- Airframe hours
- 1,871
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Mary Anderson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 13, 1982 · 232 hours before
- Departed
- ABR · Aberdeen, SD
- Airport
- Luedeke Private Airstrip, runway 36, 1,500 × ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 104 total · 104 in this make and model · 71 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °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.