- Date
- July 12, 1995, 20:30 local (Jul 13, 1995, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Van Buren, AR
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9869KPiper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 27, 1996
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19950712017689A
- Case key
- 19494
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Probable cause
A partial loss of engine power for undetermined reasons, and the pilot's misjudgment of distance and speed during the precautionary landing resulting in an overshoot.
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 reported that the engine began to run rough while on downwind, and he executed a precautionary landing to the runway. The aircraft touched down midway down the runway and ran off the end due to the 'excessive air speed.' During the postcrash examination no anomalies could be found that accounted for the rough running engine.
Factual narrative
On July 12, 1995, at 2030 central daylight time, a Piper PA-28- 161, N8969K, was substantially damaged during landing near Van Buren, Arkansas. The private pilot and two passengers were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the personal cross country flight.
In an interview with a Federal Aviation Administration inspector, the pilot reported that the engine began to run rough while on downwind. The pilot further stated that he executed a precautionary landing to the runway. Physical evidence indicated that the aircraft touched down "mid-runway and ran off of the runway end" due to the "excessive air speed."
Examination of the aircraft revealed structural damage to the propeller, engine mounts and right wing. During the examination no anomalies could be found that accounted for the rough running engine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9869K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7816199
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-O36, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Roger L. Dougan
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- F39 · Sherman-Denison, TX
- Destination
- 39A
- Airport
- 39A · Twin Cities Airport, runway 18, 3,500 × 65 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
- 20
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 394 total · 51 in this make and model · 354 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 79 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FSM, 10 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.
Other investigations on N9869K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.