- Date
- October 18, 1985, 10:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place
- Columbia, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4576JPiper PA-28R-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851018077459A
- Case key
- 30251
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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
Airspeed - excessiveCause
Proper touchdown point - exceededCause
Go-around - not performed
Loss of control - on ground/water
Terrain condition - wetFactor
Directional control - not maintained
On ground/water collision with object
Analysis
The acft collided with 6 ft high poles during an overrun landing. The plt stated he was making a landing and noted on short final that the airspeed was excessive. The rwy was grass was freshly cut, wet and slippery. The acft landed long and ran off the end of the rwy colliding with several poles before coming to a stop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4576J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R30444
- Airframe hours
- 1,546
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-B1E, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William Mann
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 4, 1985 · 49 hours before
- Departed
- N12 · Lakewood, NJ
- Destination
- 8N7 · Columbia, PA
- Airport
- 8N7 · Mcguinness, runway 29, 1,775 × 140 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 65
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,412 total · 1,200 in this make and model · 1,120 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,300 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LNS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.