- Date
- February 14, 1992, 07:50 local (12:50 UTC)
- Place
- Wooster, OH
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6907CPiper PA60-700P
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920214003119A
- Case key
- 37126
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Probable cause
The pilot allowed the airspeed to decay, delayed the go-around, and prematurely rotated the airplane which resulted in the airplane over running the runway. Factor in the accident were the pilot inadequately planned the approach; freezing drizzle and runway ice which made braking impossible.
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 airplane landed on an ice covered runway. The pilot determined after touchdown there was not enough braking for the airplane to stop on the runway. He noticed his airspeed was down to 70 knots and he was near the end of the runway when he attempted a go- around. The pilot rotated the airplane but it did not climb. The airplane overran the runway and came to rest in a field approximately 2000 feet from the departure end of the runway. There was light freezing drizzle falling at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6907C
- Reported as
- Piper PA60-700P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 608423022
- Engine
- Lycoming TSIO-540-U2A, 350 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- 7-7 Inc
- Registered owner
- Scope Leasing
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- ABE · Allentown, PA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- BJJ · Wayne County, runway 9, 4,402 × 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
- 40
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,712 total · 35 in this make and model · 3,529 as pilot in command · 84 in the last 90 days · 34 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 2 knots, gusting 1
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 800 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 32 °F
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 N6907C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.