- Date
- May 11, 1984, 20:00 local (May 12, 1984, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Montrose, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N33339Piper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840511018629A
- Case key
- 35554
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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.
In flight collision with object
Clearance - misjudgedCause
Go-around - delayedCause
Object - tree(s)Factor
Analysis
Pilot attempted to land on a 2200 foot grass runway. The plt overshot the runway and attempted to go-around. The aircraft collided with trees at the end of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N33339
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7505134
- Airframe hours
- 6,500
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William R. Sterner
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Butler, PA
- Destination
- Montrose, PA
- Airport
- 35N · Zaverton
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 170 total · 170 in this make and model · 113 as pilot in command · 52 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 135° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.