# NTSB MIA08CA039: Piper PA-32-300, N84JC, Lapine, AL, January 12, 2008 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: January 12, 2008, 14:00 local (20:00 UTC) - Place: Lapine, AL - Coordinates: 31.971389, -86.289718 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9714&lon=-86.2897&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Landing area overshoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report March 31, 2008 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: Birmingham FSDO-09 - NTSB case key (mKey): 67365 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA08CA039 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/67365/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08CA039 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to attain the proper touchdown point. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Performance/control parameters: airspeed](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Incorrect use/operation; cases with it: [Piper PA-32-300, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010/cases.md?model=7103212), [All aircraft, 1,681 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010/cases.md) - [Info processing/decision: decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Piper PA-32-300, 14 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md?model=7103212), [All aircraft, 3,098 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md) - [Object/animal/substance: tree(s)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022020): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Not specified; cases with it: [Piper PA-32-300, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022020/cases.md?model=7103212), [All aircraft, 933 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022020/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-landing roll: Landing area overshoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380) (defining event); cases with it: [Piper PA-32-300, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380/sequence.md?model=7103212), [All aircraft, 400 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Piper PA-32-300, 43 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=7103212), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot stated that as he approached 4AL9, he noticed some trees about 800 feet from the approach end of runway 4. He said that the trees scared him, and therefore he purposely came in higher. He said he lowered the nose of the airplane and gained airspeed to110 knots. He reduced power, and landed long with only 800 feet remaining on the runway. He said that he was unable to conduct a go-around so he applied the brakes and steered the airplane into a thicket of trees. ## Factual narrative On January 12, 2008, at 1500 eastern standard time, a Piper PA-32-300, N84JC, registered to and operated by a private individual, as a Code of Federal Regulation (CFR) 14 Part 91 personal collided with trees when the pilot landed long and ran off the runway at the T W Spear Memorial Airport (4AL9), Lapine, Alabama. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The private pilot reported no injuries. The flight originated from Troy Municipal Airport (TOI), Troy, Alabama, at 1450. The pilot stated that as he approached 4AL9, he noticed some trees about 800 feet from the approach end of runway 4. He said that the trees scared him, and therefore he purposely came in higher. He said he lowered the nose of the airplane and gained airspeed to110 knots. He reduced power, and landed long with only 800 feet remaining on the runway. He said that he was unable to conduct a go-around so he applied the brakes and steered the airplane into a thicket of trees. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N84JC](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N84JC-2008-06-06), registration cancelled 2008-06-06, S/N 32-7540068, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Piper PA-32-300 - Registry model: [Piper PA-32-300](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (registry code 7103212) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming TI0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (registry code 41533, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 32-7540068 - Airframe hours: 1925 - Engines: Lycoming TI0-540 300 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Mark A Byard - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, December 1, 2007, 1,530 hours before - Departed: TOI, TROY, AL - Destination: 4AL9, Lapine, AL - Airport: 4AL9, T W Spear Memorial Airport, runway 4, 2,909 × 30 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 49; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; seat: left; flight hours: 180 total, 102 in this make and model ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: calm - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 61 °F, dew point 36 °F - Altimeter: 29.95 inHg - Observed at: KTOI, 16 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 20080112014449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080112014449A), Jan 12, 2008: Piper PA32300, Lapine, AL, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot reported that he departed dhn, dothan, Alabama, enroute to 4AL9, Lapine, Alabama at about noon on janaury 12, 2008. He could not locate the… From the NTSB's public API. 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