- Date
- September 10, 1991, 12:05 local (16:05 UTC)
- Place
- Easton, PA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N55145Piper PA-34-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910910038969A
- Case key
- 37009
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Probable cause
An overrun after the pilot-in-command landed long on a short, wet runway. A factor related to the accident was the failure of the pilot to make 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
A single engine CFI was receiving dual instruction to be upgraded to a multi engine CFI. The pilot receiving instruction was having difficulty with runway alignment and handling the crosswind and turned control of the airplane over to the PIC. The PIC continued the approach and landing. The runway surface was wet from rain and the airplane overran the runway and went into a plowed field. The PIC said he landed in the first 1/3. A witness said the landing was 2/3 to 3/4 down the runway which is 1953 feet long. The airplane was not equipped with brake pedals on the right side and the FAA said they did not notice any skid marks in the grass. The PIC said he braked the airplane using the parking brake lever located on the lower instrument panel between the two pilot seats.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55145
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34-7350178
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Jeff Van Arsdale
- Registered owner
- Jeff Van Arsdale
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- ABE · Allentown, PA
- Airport
- N43 · Easton, runway 18, 1,953 × 50 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
- 26
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,855 total · 211 in this make and model · 1,676 as pilot in command · 242 in the last 90 days · 65 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N55145 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.