- Date
- September 13, 1999, 12:35 local (16:35 UTC)
- Place
- Homestead, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2145NPiper PA-32-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 2, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19990913028419A
- Case key
- 47350
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to obtain the proper touch down point on landing and excessive airspeed resulting in an overrun, and subsequent collision with a fence post and clippings.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated he landed long on a wet grass runway with excessive airspeed. The airplane went off the end of the runway and collided with a fence post and tree clippings.
Factual narrative
On September 13, 1999, about 1235 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-32-300, N2145N, registered to Smittys Ship Store Inc., operating as a 14 CFR Part 91 flight, crashed on landing rollout at a private airfield. The airplane sustained substantial damage. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The commercial pilot reported no injuries. The flight originated from Dade-County Homestead General Airport, Homestead, Florida, about 5 minutes before the accident.
The pilot stated he landed long and fast on the grass runway to the east. He saw wires on the departure end of the runway and elected not to make a go-around. The airplane went off the end of the runway and collided with a fence post and tree clippings. The nose gear collapsed and the leading edge of the wing was damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2145N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-7940034
- Airframe hours
- 1,347
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James R. Mclaughin
- Registered owner
- Smittys Ship Store Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- X-51 · Homestead, FL
- Airport
- NONE · Private, runway 9, 2,200 × 80 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
- 48
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,300 total · 200 in this make and model · 2,250 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 93 °F, dew point 81 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HST
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.