- Date
- May 1, 1989, 11:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place
- Palmetto, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9306TPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 22, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890501010599A
- Case key
- 32431
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Probable cause
The pilot's selection of the wrong runway for landing along with failure to attain a proper point of touchdown and the failure to perform a go-around.
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
While executing a precautionary landing due to plt reported radio failure, the plt attempted to land with a right quartering tailwind. The acft touched down in a field 750 ft past the departure end of the intended rwy, travelled about 800 ft, then nosed over after travelling into a ditch. The radio operationally checked good. There was no failure nor malfunction of the aircraft flight controls.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9306T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-78A0016
- Airframe hours
- 3,182
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Vandenberg Airport, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Vandenberg Airport, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 24, 1989 · 58 hours before
- Departed
- PGD · Punta Gorda, FL
- Destination
- X16 · Tampa, FL
- Airport
- 48X · Manatee, runway 7, 3,200 × 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 167 total · 89 in this make and model · 111 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 79 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SRQ, 14 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.