- Date
- October 10, 1992, 16:50 local (20:50 UTC)
- Place
- St. Clairsville, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8333TPiper PA28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921010041649A
- Case key
- 37255
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper in-flight planning and decision to land on a short grass runway with a tail wind. A factor in this accident was the pilots failure to obtain and evaluate a weather briefing prior to the flight.
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
During a landing on a 1200 foot grass runway, with a tail wind of 12 to 25 knots, the pilot was unable to stop the airplane. The airplane overran the end of the runway, impacted a fence, then a tree and nosed over. There was no known weather brief prior to departure. The pilot did receive current winds, in flight, from a local airport control tower and elected to land down wind.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8333T
- Reported as
- Piper PA28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 288116146
- Airframe hours
- 3,682
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jack A. Hans
- Registered owner
- Jack A. Hans
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 10, 1992 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- 8G6 · Harrison County, OH
- Destination
- 0I88 · St. Clairsville, OH
- Airport
- 0I88 · Twin Ash, runway 34, 1,200 × 50 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
- 64
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 919 total · 900 in this make and model · 919 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 12 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 57 °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.