# NTSB FTW94LA228: Piper PA-22-150, N2936Z, Ravenna, TX, July 8, 1994 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: July 8, 1994, 11:50 local (16:50 UTC) - Place: Ravenna, TX - Coordinates: 33.709667, -96.239517 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7097&lon=-96.2395&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report April 25, 1995 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 19108 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW94LA228 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/19108/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW94LA228 ## Probable cause THE PILOT OVERSHOOTING THE LANDING AND HIS FAILURE TO EXECUTE A G0-AROUND. THE WET GRASS WAS A FACTOR. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Overrun, landing - roll - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause) - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause) - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - grass (contributing factor) - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - wet (contributing factor) - On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll - object - vehicle ## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2936Z), registered now, S/N 22-6908, built 1959 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: PIPER PA-22-150 - Registry model: [Piper PA-22-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-150) (registry code 7102210) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 22-6908 - Airframe hours: 3450 - Engines: 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 ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 68; 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 (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 19940708018099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940708018099A), Jul 8, 1994: Piper PA22150, Ravenna, TX, Substantial damage. Landed long from departure end runway used brakes. Slid off end into culvert. Nosed over onto top pickup truck. From the NTSB's public API. 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