# NTSB NYC84FNC02: Piper PA-31S 2, N700D, Rockland, ME, May 12, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: May 12, 1984, 17:10 local (21:10 UTC)
- Place: Rockland, ME
- Location: 44.0601° N, 69.0997° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KNOX COUNTY RGNL (RKD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0601&lon=-69.0997&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 4 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35413
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84FNC02
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35413/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84FNC02

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - wet (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - not performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - aborted landing - not performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - proper touchdown point - exceeded, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N700D-2018-01-24), registration cancelled 2018-01-24, S/N 31-7512003, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-31S 2
- Registry model: [Piper PA-31-310](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-310) (registry code 7103102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming TI0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (registry code 41533, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 31-7512003
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840512016859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840512016859A), May 12, 1984: Piper PA31, Rockland, ME, Substantial damage. Landed long and downwind on a runway with standing water. Unable to stop. Ran off the end into a dirt embankment.

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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