- Date
- August 31, 1985, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Fredericktown, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8385SPiper PA-32-301
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850831042419A
- Case key
- 34019
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt reports that he lost directional control during the landing roll. The acft swerved off the side of the rwy, down an embankment and collided with a fence. The landing and brake system were examined by a mechanic after the accident and no evidence of a pre-accident failure or malfunction was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8385S
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-301
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-8106065
- Airframe hours
- 610
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1G5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Computer Network, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 2, 1985 · 11 hours before
- Airport
- H88 · Fredericktown Municipal, runway 19, 2,400 × 65 ft, asphalt
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 365 total · 126 in this make and model · 285 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N8385S · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.