- Date
- August 5, 1989, 11:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Barker, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4348XPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890805027349A
- Case key
- 36460
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Probable cause
The pilot's decision to abort the landing too FAR down the runway. A factor was: the small tree located off the end of the runway.
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
Pilot stated he touched down about 1/3 the way down the runway but the surface provided little or no braking action. Realizing that he was not going to stop, he added power for a go-around. Flying speed was attained at the end of the runway, and during lift-off the right wing contacted a small tree outboard of the right wheel which became embedded 6 to 8 inches into the wing. The pilot throttled the engine full back and landed, coming to rest about 200 feet off the end of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4348X
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7625017
- Airframe hours
- 5,100
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kenneth Lepczyk
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- IAG · Niagara Falls, NY
- Destination
- Barker, NY
- Airport
- Major, runway 9, 2,200 × 30 ft, grass/turf
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 403 total · 205 in this make and model · 364 as pilot in command · 41 in the last 90 days · 17 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 5 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 73 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.