- Date
- July 8, 1994, 11:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place
- Ravenna, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2936ZPiper PA-22-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19940708018099A
- Case key
- 19108
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Probable cause
The pilot overshooting the landing and his failure to execute a G0-around. The wet grass was a factor.
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 stated while landing to the south, the airplane touched down on the 1,700-FT wet grass strip approximately 700 ft from the departure end. As the brakes were applied, the airplane began to slide. The airplane ran off the end of the runway, and impacted a culvert that paralleled a road at the end of the runway. The airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted on top of a pickup truck that had been traveling along the road. A car that was also traveling along the road struck the airplane, injuring one occupant of the car.
Factual narrative
On July 8, 1994, at 1150 central daylight time, a Piper PA-22- 150, N2936Z, sustained substantial damage during landing at a private air strip near Ravenna, Texas. The private pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the personal flight.
The pilot stated he was ferrying the airplane to the airport for repairs. While landing to the south, the airplane touched down on the 1,700 foot wet grass strip approximately 700 feet from the departure end. As the brakes were applied, the airplane began to slide. The airplane ran off the end of the runway, and impacted a culvert that paralleled a road at the end of the runway. The airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted on top of a pickup truck that had been traveling along the road. A car that was also traveling along the road struck the airplane.
A Federal Aviation Administration inspector reported that the pickup truck received minor damage, and the driver and two occupants were not injured. The car also sustained minor damage. The driver was not injured and one occupant received minor injuries.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2936Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-6908
- Airframe hours
- 3,450
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A1A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Stanley B. Ward
- Registered owner
- Bettina Creations, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 23, 1993 · 80 hours before
- Departed
- NONE · Denison, TX
- Airport
- NONE · Harmon Private, runway 18, 1,700 × 200 ft, grass/turf
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
- 68
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,500 total · 250 in this make and model · 4,500 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- F39, 21 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.