- Date
- November 1, 1992, 14:10 local (19:10 UTC)
- Place
- Woodstown, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N33146Piper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921101056789A
- Case key
- 37270
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Probable cause
The pilot's improperly planned approach and delayed decision to initiate a go-around, which resulted in a touchdown too FAR down the runway and the subsequent collision with a ditch. A factor related to the accident was the pilot's lack of recent flight experience.
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 landing on the grass airfield. He said there were 'high power lines' on the approach to the runway. He said that he overshot the runway and decided to go-around, but the airplane touched down on the runway. He said there was 'not enough speed' to get airborne, and the airplane struck a ditch at the departure end of the runway. The pilot had 1.7 hours total flight time in the last 90 days.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N33146
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7525162
- Airframe hours
- 3,033
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-EDD, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Rainbow Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Nathan Figlio
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 3, 1992 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- MIV · Millville, NJ
- Airport
- NONE · Layton Airfield, runway 17, 3,300 × 100 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--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 317 total · 36 in this make and model · 2 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 63 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.