- Date
- July 20, 1988, 09:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- La Grange, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8949PPiper PA-24-260
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 4, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880720027209A
- Case key
- 22663
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot said he flew over the airport and found the winds favored a landing on runway 18. He said he descended to the downwind leg, and when he added power, the engine would not respond. However, he said the engine continued to run. He decided to make an abbreviated pattern, use full flaps, and land on the last half of the runway. The tire skid marks start 600 feet from the end of the runway, then continued to the right side of the end. The aircraft struck several runway lights, went down an embankment, then struck a fence post. An FAA inspector examined the wreckage and was unable to determine a reason for a lack of engine response.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8949P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-260
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4405
- Airframe hours
- 3,600
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-D4A5, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jack J. Chatagnier
- Registered owner
- Chatagnier, Kent J.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 15, 1988 · 49 hours before
- Departed
- 3R9 · Austin, TX
- Destination
- T49
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- T49 · La Grange Municipal, runway 18, 3,200 × 50 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
- 52
- 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
- 2,100 total · 1,200 in this make and model · 1,950 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.