- Date
- October 8, 1987, 14:36 local (19:36 UTC)
- Place
- Covington, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N718GAGrumman GA7
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 14, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871008059429A
- Case key
- 22582
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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 pilot touched down with excessive speed, and due to the poor mechanical condition of the aircraft's brakes, was unable to stop before over-running the departure end of the runway. The aircraft's annual inspection was two months overdue. The pilot's biennial flight review was 14 months overdue.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N718GA
- Reported as
- Grumman GA7
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- GA7-0018
- Airframe hours
- 2,230
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D1D, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Sue M. Miller
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 1, 1986
- Departed
- DWH · Tomgall, TX
- Airport
- LA08 · Covington, 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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,632 total · 619 in this make and model · 1,493 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 7 knots
- 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.