- Date
- August 3, 1994, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Booneville, AR
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7276WPiper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 24, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 19131
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Probable cause
The proper touchdown point not obtained due to excessive airspeed during the approach and landing.
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 speed on final was 85 to 90 knots. Over the landing threshold at 50 feet above the ground, the pilot reduced the power to idle. The airplane floated and the touchdown was 900 to 1,000 feet down the runway and during braking the airplane did not seem to slow. The pilot got off the brakes, retracted the flaps, and started to add power but, due to trees at the end of the runway he changed his mind. The pilot applied hard braking and locked the brakes. The airplane groundlooped, slid to the right, and hit a fence. The operator reported that the brakes were within the required specifications.
Factual narrative
On August 3, 1994, at 1330 central daylight time, a Piper PA-28-180 sustained substantial damage during the landing roll near Booneville, Arkansas. The private pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local personal flight.
During an interview, conducted by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector, the pilot reported that the airplane landed long and went off the departure end of the 3250 foot long runway. He further stated that the nose gear collapsed as the airplane hit rough terrain and a fence. The left wing received structural damage.
The Pilot/Operator report stated that the speed on final was 85 to 90 knots. Over the landing threshold at 50 feet above the ground, the pilot "cut the power" and during the flare the airplane "seemed to float." The airplane landed 900 to 1,000 feet down the runway and during braking, the airplane did not seem to slow. The pilot got off the brakes, retracted the flaps, and started to add power, however; due to trees at the end of the runway he changed his mind. The pilot then applied "hard brake and locked the brake" with 900 feet of runway remaining. The airplane ground looped at the end of the runway and slid to the right.
The airport manager (statement enclosed) reported that the airplane came to rest 150 feet beyond the end of the runway with the left wing protruding through a fence. He reported skid marks on the runway and that the brakes appeared to lock 135 feet prior to the airplane departing the runway. The pilot stated that he landed long and had to apply "more than normal braking pressure to slow the aircraft."
According to the airplane operator, the brakes were within the required specifications.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7276W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-1114
- Airframe hours
- 3,220
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ozark Regional Flt. Serv. Inc.
- Registered owner
- Benedict, Don
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Special, Provisional (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 28, 1994 · 80 hours before
- Departed
- HOT · Hot Springs, AR
- Airport
- 4M2 · Booneville Municipal, runway 27, 3,250 × 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
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 147 total · 6 in this make and model · 73 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Observed at
- FSM
Other investigations on N7276W · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.