# NTSB IAD70FKM13: Piper PA-28, N8638W, Boone, NC, June 14, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: June 14, 1970
- Place: Boone, NC · BOONE, NC
- Location: 36.2138° N, 81.6652° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Boone, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2138&lon=-81.6652&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor, 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 1, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 118565
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=IAD70FKM13
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD70FKM13

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2556  70/6/14    BOONE,NC            PIPER PA-28         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE
        TIME - 1330                    N8638W              PX-  0  0  3  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  26, 4353 TOTAL HOURS, 15
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BLOWING ROCK
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          SPARTANBURG,SC              BOONE,NC
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS                          LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY
        REMARKS- TOUCHED DOWN WITH APRX 1500FT WET GRASS REMAINING,DELAYED PWR REDUCTION,BRAKING INEFF.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8638W](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8638W-1972-02-29), registration cancelled 1972-02-29, S/N 28-10154 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-235](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (registry code 7102810) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Blowing Rock

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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