- Date
- December 31, 1993, 21:45 local (Jan 1, 1994, 03:45 UTC)
- Place
- Mckinney, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N44015Piper PA-28-151
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report September 13, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19931231000079A
- Case key
- 18983
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper approach angle.
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 misjudged his intended touchdown point and landed short of the approach end of the runway. During the initial touchdown the airplane struck the white lights at the end of the runway.
Factual narrative
On December 31, 1993, at 2145 central standard time, a Piper PA- 28-151, N44015, was substantially damaged during landing at McKinney Municipal Airport, McKinney, Texas. The private pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed during the personal flight.
The pilot reported to a Federal Aviation Administration inspector that he misjudged his intended touchdown point and impacted the ground short of the end of the runway. Following touchdown the airplane struck the white lights at the approach end.
Inspection of the aircraft revealed that the damage included a broken propeller and left wing spar deformation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N44015
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-151
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7415569
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Centerline Aviation
- Registered owner
- Bockbader, Clayton
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- HRO · Harrison, AR
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- TKI · Mckinney Municipal, runway 17, 5,197 × 100 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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 365 total · 340 in this make and model · 328 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 160° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 13 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ADS, 6 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.