# NTSB ERA24LA031: Piper PA-28-235, N9159W, Ocklawaha, FL, October 29, 2023 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: October 29, 2023, 13:15 local (17:15 UTC) - Place: Ocklawaha, FL - Coordinates: 29.120762, -81.889243 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1208&lon=-81.8892&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing area overshoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380) - Highest injury: Minor injuries - Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation - Parties: FAA/FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 193347 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA24LA031 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/193347/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=193347 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA031 ## Probable cause The pilot’s failure to attain a proper touchdown point which resulted in a runway overrun and subsequent impact with a fence. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Info processing/decision: decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Piper PA-28-235, 16 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md?model=7102810), [All aircraft, 3,098 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: descent/approach/glide path](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Piper PA-28-235, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040/cases.md?model=7102810), [All aircraft, 809 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing area overshoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380) (defining event); cases with it: [Piper PA-28-235, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380/sequence.md?model=7102810), [All aircraft, 400 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Piper PA-28-235, 35 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=7102810), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot reported that he was attempting a second landing, after going around due to “heavy turbulence” on his first approach. He reported that he experienced a tailwind and the airplane floated before landing “longer than usual.” He applied the brakes but was unable to stop on the runway resulting in a runway overrun. After departing the runway, the airplane impacted a fence resulting in substantial damage to the left wing and engine mount. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N9159W](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9159W), registered now, S/N 28-10778, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-235 - Registry model: [Piper PA-28-235](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (registry code 7102810) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 28-10778 - Year built: 1966 - Airframe hours: 2734.1 - Engines: Lycoming O-540-B4B5 235 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, April 5, 2023, 43 hours before - Departed: SEF, Sebring, FL - Destination: Same as departure - Airport: FA38, Woods And Lakes Airpark, runway 03/21, 2,900 × 97 ft, grass/turf - Equipment: Auto-pilot, ADS-B, Handheld GPS, Stall warning system ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 73; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: basicmed, with waivers/limitations; last flight review March 2, 2023; seat: left; restraint: lap only; flight hours: 476 total, 291 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 30 days, 0 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 80° at 7 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 3,600 ft broken - Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 66 °F - Altimeter: 30.09 inHg - Turbulence: Severe - Observed at: OCF, 18 nm away - METAR: KOCF 291658Z 08007KT 10SM BKN036 28/19 A3009 RMK AO2 ## 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 20231029018729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231029018729A), Oct 29, 2023: Piper PA-28-235, Ocklawaha, FL, Substantial damage. A Piper PA-28-235 cherokee, [privacy data omitted] was on a personal flight departing sebring to the base of operation at Woods & lake airpark (FA-38), in… ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 25, 2024, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=193347. 5.4 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 11 pages, 5.0 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=16528525&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=ERA24LA031%206120.1%20Signed_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Photographs (item 2, PDF, 3 pages, 364 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=16528183&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%20Array%20ERA24LA031-Rel.pdf 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. 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