- Date
- April 14, 1986, 16:07 local (21:07 UTC)
- Place
- Doylestown, PA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N41ARPiper PA-32-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860414011769A
- Case key
- 30321
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot made a long landing and ran off the end of the runway. After departing the runway, he ran through a fence and hit a dirt embankment. The pilot said when he realized he was going off the end of the runway, he stayed on the brakes rather than add power and compound the problem. The aircraft received substantial damage and the pilot received minor injuries.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N41AR
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-7440100
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Arjoron Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · April 1, 1986
- Airport
- N88 · Doylestown, runway 5, 3,004 × 60 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
- 66
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 450 total · 188 in this make and model · 330 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 2 knots, gusting 5
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.