- Date
- August 1, 1989, 09:01 local (13:01 UTC)
- Place
- Danbury, CT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8909NPiper PA-32-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 2, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890801026239A
- Case key
- 36441
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Probable cause
The pilot's misjudgement of (excessive) airspeed, his failure to attain the proper touchdown point, and failure to make a go-around, while there was sufficient runway remaining. The fence was a related factor.
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
The pilot was cleared for a touch-&-go landing on runway 35. The aircraft was observed to touch down at about midfield. The pilot said a go-around seemed ill advised, so he applied brakes & raised the flaps. As the aircraft neared a fence, a right ground loop was made in an attempt to avoid a collision. However, the left wing made contact with the fence & the prop contacted the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8909N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-40696
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1A5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Miles B Reese
- Registered owner
- Jeffrey Brunner
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- BDR · Bridgeport, CT
- Airport
- DXR · Danbury, runway 35, 3,135 × 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 549 total · 6 in this make and model · 520 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point -0 °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.