- Date
- July 5, 1982, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Chipley, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8085CPiper PA-28
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 5, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820705028549A
- Case key
- 70239
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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
All available runway - not usedCause
Proper touchdown point - disregardedCause
Go-around - not performedCause
On ground/water collision with object
Object - tree(s)Factor
Analysis
The pilot landed long to avoid standing water. The aircraft overran the runway and collided with trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8085C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7690101
- Airframe hours
- 217
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Marvin B. Smith
- Registered owner
- Marvin B. Smith
- Departed
- PFN · Panamacity, FL
- Destination
- FL14 · Chipley, FL
- Airport
- Vosika, runway 9, 3,300 × 80 ft, grass/turf
N8085CRegistration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Piper PA-28-181Airframe modelPiper PA-28-181Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 438 total · 48 in this make and model · 424 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 171 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PFN, 33 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.