# NTSB FTW83LA408: Piper PA-28-140, N1656J, Winslow, AR, August 24, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 24, 1983, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place: Winslow, AR
- Coordinates: 35.80059, -94.129882 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8006&lon=-94.1299&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21037
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW83LA408
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21037/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA408

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - planned approach - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - anxiety/apprehension, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper touchdown point - exceeded, pilot in command (cause)
  - aborted landing - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT HIS ANXIETY DURING THE APPROACH DELAYED HIS DECISION TO ABORT A LONG LANDING. AFTER TOUCHDOWN HE ATTEMPTED TO TURN AT THE END OF THE RWY BUT, THE ACFT COLLIDED WTH A STUMP AND DAMAGED THE RT WING. THE PLTS ANXIETY WAS BASED ON ANOTHER ACCIDENT THAT HE HAD IN FEBRUARY AT THIS AIRSTRIP. THAT ACCIDENT OCCURRED DURING TAKEOFF.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1656J](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1656J-2014-09-10), registration cancelled 2014-09-10, S/N 28-24052, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-140
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-140](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (registry code 7102802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 24052
- Airframe hours: 2255
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E2A 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: Gloria J. Studdard
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, August 31, 1983, 16 hours before
- Departed: FTH, CHEKOTAH, OK
- Airport: runway 18, 1,350 × 100 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 4,300 total, 275 in this make and model, 4,300 as pilot in command, 20 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 170° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 10 °F

## 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 19830824050049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830824050049A), Aug 24, 1983: Piper PA28140, Winslow, AR, Substantial damage. Landed too long to stop on the runway. Ran off the end and struck a tree stump.

## Other investigations on N1656J (2)

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 FTW98LA294](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA294), Jul 3, 1998: Piper PA-28-140 (N1656J), Tulsa, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The airplane's impeded climb performance for undetermined reasons. A factor was the rising terrain.
- [NTSB FTW76FRJ27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76FRJ27), May 28, 1976: Piper PA-28 (N1656J), Cotton Valley, LA, substantial damage

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.

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