- Date
- June 7, 1985, 10:31 local (15:31 UTC)
- Place
- Pineville, LA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 2 serious, 2 minor; on the ground: 2 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4507VPiper PA-28RT-201T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850607023289A
- Case key
- 21554
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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.
Analysis
The aircraft landed long and fast on the relatively short, sloping runway. After bouncing four times, the pilot rapidly added throttle on the turbocharger-equipped aircraft and attempted to climb. Witnesses observed smoke from the exhaust, and described high pitch attitude and low airspeed as the aircraft narrowly cleared a road-side parking area on a hill off the departure end of the runway. The aircraft encountered stall & post-stall gyration, and collided with the stressed concrete roof of a women's dormitory at central state hospital. Fire erupted; four patients were injured. Both aircraft occupants sustained fatal injuries. Teardown revealed no mech. Malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4507V
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28RT-201T (PA-28RT-20)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R7931286
- Airframe hours
- 925
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-FB, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ryan Bickham
- Registered owner
- Ed Bratton
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 28, 1985 · 15 hours before
- Departed
- SHV · Shreveport, LA
- Airport
- 9LAG · Pineville Munt, runway 17, 3,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 58
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,500 total · 25 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ESF, 9 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.