- Date
- October 25, 1985, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Weeping Water, NE
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N47734Piper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851025054489A
- Case key
- 34110
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated that he was going too fast when he touched down on the short runway and should have made a go around. The airplane went off the end of the runway, went down a slope and impacted a piloe of rocks.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47734
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7816129
- Airframe hours
- 2,680
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lindgren Enterprises,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Lindgren Enterprises,Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 14, 1985 · 27 hours before
- Departed
- LNK · Lincoln, NE
- Destination
- EPG · Weeping Water, NE
- Airport
- EPG · Browns, runway 17, 2,200 × 60 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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 292 total · 173 in this make and model · 201 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 15 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LNK
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.