- Date
- May 16, 1983, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Atlantic, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8094NPiper PA-28-140B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830516019649A
- Case key
- 33412
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The aircraft swerved off the left side of the runway collided with a fence and nosed over in a freshly plowed field during landing. The acft was owned by the pilot and was being landed on the pilots private airstrip at his farm. The pilot indicated that the brakes were examined after the accident and found to be rusted and pitted. It also seemed to the pilot that the left brake pulled the acft to the left off the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8094N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-25337
- Airframe hours
- 1,385
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lester W. Wheatley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 3, 1982 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- AIO · Atlantic, IA
- Airport
- Wheatley Farms, runway 36, 1,800 × 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
- 68
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 332 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.