- Date
- September 28, 1987, 19:15 local (Sep 29, 1987, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- Ozark, MO
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7275WPiper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870928061299A
- Case key
- 34450
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Overrun
Terrain condition - grassFactor
Terrain condition - wetFactor
Terrain condition - downhillFactor
Distance - misjudgedCause
Proper touchdown point - not attainedCause
Lack of total experience in type of aircraftFactor
Go-around - not performedCause
On ground/water collision with object
Object - fenceFactor
Terrain condition - ditch
Analysis
During a ldg, the acft touched down long, ran off the end of the airstrip and struck a fence and then a ditch. The rwy was 2100 feet long, downsloping, and the grass surface was wet.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7275W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-1111
- Airframe hours
- 1,980
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A3A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dennis Gold
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 19, 1987
- Departed
- 2H2 · Aurora, MO
- Airport
- Skyview, runway 18, 2,100 × ft, grass/turf
N7275WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 106 total · 6 in this make and model · 77 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.