- Date
- May 7, 1982, 10:15 local (14:15 UTC)
- Place
- High Springs, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N44740Piper PA-28
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820507014459A
- Case key
- 71024
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Overrun
Wrong runway - selectedCause
Weather condition - unfavorable windFactor
Analysis
The pilot stated that the wind shifted while landing and the aircraft overran runway 18 colliding with a fence. The gainsville 1018 EDT weather observation reported the winds from 190 degrees at 18 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N44740
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-7535002
- Airframe hours
- 607
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard Berlin
- Registered owner
- Richard Berlin
- Departed
- Plant City, FL
- Destination
- Fort Apache, AZ
- Airport
- High Springs, runway 18, 2,450 × 0 ft, grass/turf
N44740Registration cancelled Dec 7, 2022 · Piper PA-28R-200Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-200Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 340 total · 70 in this make and model · 10 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 18 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 163 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GNV, 15 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.