- Date
- May 28, 1990, 14:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Clayton Lake, ME
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8121CPiper PA-22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900528017699A
- Case key
- 36654
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Probable cause
The pilot's delayed decision to perform a go around.
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 on final approach at 20 feet AGL and about midfield of a 3200 foot runway, when a go around was attempted. He determined that he would not be able to clear the trees, and elected to land at the end of the runway and roll into the trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8121C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-2267
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D2, 135 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- William Kingson
- Departed
- CAR · Caribou, ME
- Airport
- Red Pine Grove, runway 18, 3,200 × 75 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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 102 total · 80 in this make and model · 65 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.