# NTSB MKC87LA184: Piper PA-28-180, N7275W, Ozark, MO, September 29, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 28, 1987, 19:15 local (Sep 29, 1987, 00:15 UTC)
- Place: Ozark, MO
- Coordinates: 37.010211, -93.20018 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0102&lon=-93.2002&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 16, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34450
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC87LA184
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34450/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC87LA184

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - grass (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - wet (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - downhill (contributing factor)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - fence (contributing factor)
  - 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7275W), registered now, S/N 28-1111, built 1963 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-180
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-180](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (registry code 7102808) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-1111
- Airframe hours: 1980
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870928061299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870928061299A), Sep 28, 1987: Piper PA28180, Ozark, MO, Substantial damage. Landed long. Down hill slope. Grass runway wet. Departed end of runway. Struck a fence. Stopped in a ditch.

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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