- Date
- June 26, 1995, 13:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Rosewood, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6116JPiper PA-28-200R
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19950626014939A
- Case key
- 37786
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot-in-command to maintain speed and distance on final approach resulting in an overrun and collision with trees. A contributing factor was the failure of the pilot to obtain an adequate weather briefing prior to flight.
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 pilot received his weather briefing from commercial television and initiated a cross-country flight. While en route he encountered rain and deteriorating weather conditions. He located a closed airstrip with a sod runway and attempted a landing. He was high and fast on final approach, landed long, overran the runway, and collided with trees.
Factual narrative
On June 26, 1995, about 1330 eastern daylight time, N6116J a Piper PA-28-200R operated by the pilot, crashed on landing in Rosewood, Florida, while on a 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The pilot reported no injuries and the airplane was substantially damaged. The flight originated from Jacksonville, Florida, about 1 hour earlier.
The pilot stated that he intended to fly to Cedar Key, Florida, but deviated to the closed airport at Rosewood due to deteriorating weather and rain. The pilot stated the visibility was poor due to rain and he landed long on the wet sod runway. The airplane then overran the end of the runway and struck trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6116J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-200R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7635299
- Airframe hours
- 3,375
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ryel Kestenbaum
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 12, 1994
- Departed
- CRG · Jacksonville, FL
- Destination
- CDK · Cedar Key, FL
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
- 20
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 250 total · 35 in this make and model · 150 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GNV, 25 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.