- Date
- May 12, 1984, 17:10 local (21:10 UTC)
- Place
- Rockland, ME
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 4 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N700DPiper PA-31S 2
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840512016859A
- Case key
- 35413
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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.
Analysis
Following the rwy 03 LOC apch plt decided to land straight in with a tailwind rather than circling because of low clouds surrounding the arpt. Acft touched down with aprx 2000 ft of wet rwy remaining. Acft traveled off end of rwy until it contacted an embankment. Plt stated, he thought the flaps were raised during the landing roll to assist in the braking action but later discovered they were still 1/2 extended after the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N700D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31S 2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31-7512003
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540-J2BD, 350 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Registered owner
- The Dunlap Agency
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · April 18, 1984 · 3,833 hours before
- Departed
- LEW · Lewiston, ME
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- RKD · Rockland Knox Co., runway 30, 4,000 × 150 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
- 46
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter, Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,925 total · 6,660 in this make and model · 8,788 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 198° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- NHZ, 38 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.