- Date
- July 27, 1982, 17:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Tampa, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N553PAPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 27, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820727035209A
- Case key
- 72791
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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.
Analysis
After landing long the plt realized that the acft could not be stopped on the rwy remaining & applied power for a go-around. He then became aware that the acft would not clear obstructions beyond the rwy end & aborted the go-around attempt. The acft came to rest in a ditch beyond the end of the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N553PA
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7225474
- Airframe hours
- 2,300
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 140 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- American Medical Clinics, Inc.
- Registered owner
- American Medical Clinics, Inc.
- Departed
- CLW · Clearwater, FL
- Destination
- RKP · Rockport, TX
- Airport
- X16 · Vandenberg, runway 18, 3,260 × 65 ft, macadam
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
- 23
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,505 total · 129 in this make and model · 1,370 as pilot in command · 193 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 190 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N553PA · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.