# NTSB MKC82DA176: Piper PA-28-161, N2901H, Point Lookout, MO, September 29, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: September 28, 1982, 19:55 local (Sep 29, 1982, 00:55 UTC)
- Place: Point Lookout, MO
- Location: 36.6259° N, 93.2289° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of M GRAHAM CLARK DOWNTOWN (PLK), within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6259&lon=-93.2289&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 28, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72275
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC82DA176
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72275/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC82DA176

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - downhill (contributing factor)

## Analysis

DURING ARRIVAL, THE UNICOM HAD RECOMMENDED THAT RUNWAY 11 BE USED. HOWEVER, THE STUDENT PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY 29 WITH A QUARTERING TAIL WIND. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT, 2800 FT BEYOND THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY, THEN IT SLID OFF THE DEPARTURE END WHILE THE STUDENT WAS APPLYING HEAVY BRAKING ACTION. AFTER DEPARTING THE RUNWAY, IT WENT DOWN AN EMBANKMENT AND NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2901H](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2901H), registered now, S/N 28-7916526 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-161
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-161](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (registry code 7102803) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-7916526
- Airframe hours: 515
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-D3G 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Nicholas A. Guarino
- Registered owner: Nicholas A. Guarino
- Departed: HRO, HARRISON, AR
- Destination: PLK, POINT LOOKOUT, MO
- Airport: M. Graham Clark, runway 29, 3,600 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 28; student; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 169 total, 34 in this make and model, 139 as pilot in command, 144 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 135° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Temperature: 156 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## 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 19820928058639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820928058639A), Sep 28, 1982: Piper PA28161, Point Lookout, MO, Substantial damage. Student pilot landed long and fast, aircraft ran off end of runway and flipped inverted.

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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