# NTSB LAX87LA297: Piper PA28-161, N81200, Redding, CA, August 7, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 7, 1987, 14:48 local (21:48 UTC)
- Place: Redding, CA
- Coordinates: 40.600273, -122.460456 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6003&lon=-122.4605&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 6, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25661
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX87LA297
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25661/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87LA297

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - weather condition - updraft (contributing factor)
- Overrun, landing - roll
  - all available runway - not used, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - fence (contributing factor)

## Analysis

DURING AN AIR RACE, THE PLT WAS ATTEMPTING A LANDING WHEN ON FINAL APPROACH THE ACFT FLEW THROUGH UPDRAFTS. THE PLT LANDED THE ACFT APRX 600 FT FROM THE THRESHOLD AND APPLIED HEAVY BRAKING. JUST PRIOR TO RUNNING OFF THE RUNWAY THE PILOT ADDED FULL POWER AND RAN THROUGH A FENCE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N81200](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N81200-2013-02-27), registration cancelled 2013-02-27, S/N 28-8016143, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28-161
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-161](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (registry code 7102803) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-8016143
- Airframe hours: 2575
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-D3G 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Carl J. Kennedy, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 17, 1987, 30 hours before
- Departed: MOD, MODESTO, CA
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: 085, Benton Fld, runway 33, 2,420 × 80 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 295 total, 8 in this make and model, 206 as pilot in command, 5 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 300° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 106 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: RDD, 3 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 19870807077009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870807077009A), Aug 7, 1987: Piper PA28161, Redding, CA, Substantial damage. Landed long. Ran off runway. Hit a fence. Went down an embankment. Stopped on a city street. Flying in an air race.

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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