- Date
- May 16, 1986, 18:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place
- Tallahassee, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4986JPiper PA-28R-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860516086689A
- Case key
- 31635
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While on final apch the acft was blown to the right of the rwy where the left wing struck a dirt mound. The acft then spun to the left and came to rest aprx 75 ft from the edge of the rwy. The plt stated that he decided to try and salvage the landing during the apch instead of going around as aprx 2/3 of the rwy length remained.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4986J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-30740
- Airframe hours
- 942
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-B1E, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Cherokee Ddp,Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1986 · 58 hours before
- Departed
- TLH · Tallahassee, FL
- Destination
- 68J
- Airport
- 68J · Tallahassee Commercial, runway 16, 3,000 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 97 total · 25 in this make and model · 51 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TLH, 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.