# NTSB MIA00LA081: Piper PA-28R-200, N8924T, Fayette, AL, February 4, 2000 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: February 4, 2000, 10:50 local (16:50 UTC) - Place: Fayette, AL - Coordinates: 33.689056, -87.829841 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6891&lon=-87.8298&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 4 uninjured - Status: Completed, report November 29, 2000 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 48712 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA00LA081 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/48712/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA081 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to maintain directional and altitude control of the airplane during a ago-around maneuver, resulting in collision with a fence and utility pole. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - in flight, go-around (vfr) - go-around - improper, pilot in command (cause) - climb - not obtained/maintained, pilot in command (cause) - directional control - not obtained/maintained, pilot in command (cause) - In flight collision with object, go-around (vfr) - object - fence - object - utility pole ## Analysis According to the pilot, at the point of flare during his la nding he experienced wind forces that displaced the airplane sideward toward the runway's right edge and counterclockwise, nose into the wind. He initiated a go-around, but did not achieve a climb, and collided with the airport's perimeter fence and a utility pole. The pilot reported the mishap was not a result of any mechanical malfunction. ## Factual narrative On February 4, 2000, about 1050 central standard time, a Piper PA-28R-200, N8924T, registered to Waycross Aviation Sales, Inc., operating as a Title 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight, crashed while attempting a go-around near Fayette, Alabama. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The airplane received substantial damage, a fence and a roadside sign were damaged, and the private-rated pilot and three passengers were not injured. The flight departed the same airport about 15 minutes before the accident. According to the pilot, he and three passengers departed runway 36 and circled the airport for about 10 minutes. The winds were from 280 degrees at 8 knots when he took off and were 280 at 6 knots when he re-entered the pattern for a landing on the same runway. At about the flare point, the airplane encountered a wind gust that displaced the airplane toward the right runway edge and weathercocked the fuselage counterclockwise, nose into the wind. He decided to conduct a go-around, but the airplane did not climb, and the route of flight went from near the right runway edge to off the left edge, between two hangars, and collision with a chain link fence, a utility pole, and a sign. The pilot added that most of his instruction was in the 180 hp Arrow with two occupants vs this 200 hp model with four occupants. He also mentioned he thought no mechanical malfunction was causal to the accident. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N8924T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8924T-2009-04-10), registration cancelled 2009-04-10, S/N 28R-7135224, built 1971 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Piper PA-28R-200 - Registry model: [Piper PA-28R-200](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (registry code 7102811) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming I0360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (registry code 41515, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 28R7135224 - Airframe hours: 3400 - Engines: Lycoming IO-360-C1C 200 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Waycross Aviation Sales, Inc. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, December 5, 1999, 20 hours before - Departed: M95 - Airport: M95, Richard Arthur Field, runway 36, 4,838 × 80 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 61; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 185 total, 41 as pilot in command, 67 in the last 90 days, 27 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 290° at 7 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 48 °F, dew point 23 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: TCL, 36 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 20000204008519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000204008519A), Feb 4, 2000: Piper PA28R200, Fayette, AL, Substantial damage. (-23) Pleasure flight originated from Fayette Richard Arthur Field (M95), Fayette, AL. And was to terminate approx. 30 minutes later. Pilot stated that… From the NTSB's public API. 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