- Date
- July 10, 1993, 12:36 local (16:36 UTC)
- Place
- Jacksonville, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N47407Piper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930710025829A
- Case key
- 37370
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot in command to maintain directional control during the landing. Contributing to the accident was the excessive airspeed while landing and failure of the pilot to recover from the bounced landing.
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 on final approach behind another airplane which was performing touch and go landings, the pilot performed 's' turns to maintain spacing but during those maneuvers, the airspeed increased. The pilot continued the approach, landed fast, bounced, and drifted off the left side of the runway. The airplane collided with bushes and a ditch then came to rest.
Factual narrative
On July 10, 1993, about 1236 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-28-161, N47407, registered to Cashiers, Inc., collided with a ditch after losing control during the landing roll at the Craig Municipal Airport, Jacksonville, Florida, while on a 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the flight from Moultrie, Georgia. The airplane was substantially damaged and the private rated pilot sustained serious injuries. The time of departure has not been determined.
The pilot stated that he landed fast and after application of the brakes, the airplane veered off the runway into a ditch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47407
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7816069
- Airframe hours
- 3,174
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Cashiers, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Cashiers, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 8, 1992 · 86 hours before
- Departed
- MGR · Moultrie, GA
- Airport
- CRG · Craig Municipal, runway 32, 4,007 × 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
- 62
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 262 total · 227 in this make and model · 132 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CRG, 1 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.