# NTSB LAX82FJA04: Piper PA-28-140, N16524, Kalaupapa, HI, February 7, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: February 7, 1982, 09:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Kalaupapa, HI
- Coordinates: 21.189455, -156.979263 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.1895&lon=-156.9793&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 4 serious
- Status: Completed, report February 7, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71218
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX82FJA04
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71218/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FJA04

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing
  - aborted landing - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)

## Analysis

WITNESSES STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY HALFWAY DOWN RUNWAY 5 WITH THE WINDS OUT OF THE WEST. THE PILOT STATED THAT WHEN NEARING THE END OF THE RUNWAY SHE PUT ON FULL THROTTLE TO INITIATE A GO AROUND BUT IT WAS TOO LATE. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST 180 FEET BEYOND THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 5 IN THREE FOOT HIGH LAVA BOULDERS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N16524](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N16524-1984-07-21), registration cancelled 1984-07-21, S/N 28-7325290 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-140
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-140](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (registry code 7102802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-7325290
- Airframe hours: 8096
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320E3D 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Caroline Kang/Ca. Mccluney Co.
- Registered owner: Pierce Fly Hawaii
- Departed: IUP, HONOLULU, HI
- Destination: HNL, KALAUPAPA, HI
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: Kalaupapa, runway 5, 2,760 × 0 ft, macadam

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 130 total, 1 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Temperature: 153 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: AMOS

## 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 19820207003039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820207003039A), Feb 7, 1982: Piper PA28140, Molokai, HI, Substantial damage. Landed long with quartering tail wind. Pilot passenger began belated goaround. Ran off end of runway into rocks.

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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