- Date
- September 16, 1984, 16:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Rockledge, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7431PPiper PA-24-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840916049089A
- Case key
- 31194
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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
The acft collided with a mound of dirt while executing a go-around at a private airstrip. The plt stated he selected rwy 27 based on winds reported at another airport and when the acft touched down about mid-point of the strip, 'I retracted flaps and applied full power to takeoff.' The acft impacted brush on top of the mound and the plt called the accident a 'mis-calculation.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7431P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-2619
- Airframe hours
- 4,600
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jack Murrian
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1984 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- MLB · Melbourne, FL
- Airport
- Biblia Campground, runway 27, 2,000 × ft, grass/turf
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
- 55
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,228 total · 273 in this make and model · 1,195 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 79 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MEL, 10 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.