# NTSB LAX83LA214: Piper PA-28R-201T, N38607, Lone Pine, CA, May 4, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 4, 1983, 09:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place: Lone Pine, CA
- Coordinates: 36.56052, -118.049087 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.5605&lon=-118.0491&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 3 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23697
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83LA214
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23697/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA214

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - wind information - not received, pilot in command (cause)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper touchdown point - exceeded, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT OVERRAN THE RUNWAY AND COLLIDED WITH A DITCH DURING LANDING. THE RUNWAY BEING USED WAS A PORTION OF AN UNUSED DIRT ROAD WHICH HAS NO SERVICE FACILITIES OR WIND INDICATORS. THE PILOT MADE TWO PASSES OVER THE AREA AND IN HIS STATEMENT HE SAID HE MISCALCULATED THE WIND AND TOUCHED DOWN TOO LATE TO ACCOMPLISH A LANDING WITHIN THE RUNWAY LENGTH. ACCORDING TO THE INYO COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THIS PORTION OF ROAD HAS BEEN HISTORICALLY USED AS A RUNWAY AT WARM SPRINGS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N38607 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-201T (PA-28R-201)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28R-7703251
- Airframe hours: 1274
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-360-F 200 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Skywest Of California
- Registered owner: David E. Clayton
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 10, 1982, 74 hours before
- Departed: BIH, BISHOP, CA
- Destination: SALINE VALLEY, CA
- Airport: Saline Valley, runway 30, 1,300 × 25 ft, dirt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 21; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 582 total, 18 in this make and model, 382 as pilot in command, 51 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 170° at 18 knots
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: BIH, 51 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 19830504017109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830504017109A), May 4, 1983: Piper PA28R201T, Lone Pine, CA, Substantial damage. Overran dirt strip on landing. Ran into a ditch off the end of the runway.

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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