- Date
- February 9, 1992, 10:36 local (15:36 UTC)
- Place
- Kissimmee, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N56982Piper PA-32-260
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920209002449A
- Case key
- 33064
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's failure to attain the proper touchdown point due to landing before the displaced threshold on the rwy.
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
Before departure the plt contacted a flight service station (fss) & was advised that the first 1,000 ft of the se portion of rwy 15/33 was closed due to construction. The flt departed & en route was uneventful. While on a straight-in apch to rwy 33, the acft landed on the closed portion of the rwy. The lt main landing gear collided with sandbags that were used to secure a yellow strip of material placed across the runway numbers. The acft veered off the lt side of the rwy, collided with a fence, then came to rest. A notice to airman (NOTAM) effective as of 1/7/92 was, 'first 1,000' of rwy 33 closed due to construction until further notice (ufn)...threshold rwy 33 temporarily displaced 1,000' nw, ufn, rwy 15/33 effective length 4,500'.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N56982
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-260
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-7400013
- Airframe hours
- 4,451
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-ERB5, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Perman, William
- Registered owner
- Perman, William
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 15, 1991 · 18 hours before
- Departed
- FXE · Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Airport
- ISM · Kissimmee Municipal, runway 33, 5,500 × 100 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
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 250 total · 43 in this make and model · 200 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MCO, 11 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.
Other investigations on N56982 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.