# NTSB MIA99LA253: Piper PA-32-300, N2145N, Homestead, FL, September 13, 1999

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 13, 1999, 12:35 local (16:35 UTC)
- Place: Homestead, FL
- Coordinates: 25.490776, -80.509979 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.4908&lon=-80.5100&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 2, 2001
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 47350
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA99LA253
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/47350/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA253

## 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

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - distance/speed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - fence post (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2145N), registered now, S/N 32-7940034, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Piper PA-32-300
- Registry model: [Piper PA-32-300](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (registry code 7103212) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (registry code 41530, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 32-7940034
- Airframe hours: 1347
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 48; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19990913028419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990913028419A), Sep 13, 1999: Piper PA32300, Homestead, FL, Substantial damage. (.19) 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…

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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