- Date
- August 9, 1995, 08:55 local (12:55 UTC)
- Place
- West Kingston, RI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8121KPiper PA-28-181
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 27, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19950809023849A
- Case key
- 39024
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Probable cause
the pilot's failure to obtain the proper touchdown point which resulted in insufficient runway stopping distance and a subsequent overrun of the runway, and collision with trees.
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 had conducted touch and go landings at a local airport, and then returned to richmond for landing. The pilot stated, '...I positioned myself and made a routine approach to runway 11. [The airplane] floated too FAR down the field and subsequently ran off the end of the runway impacting some trees at the end....' Additionally, the pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane, and that the winds were calm. Runway 11 is 2,130 feet long and 30 feet wide.
Factual narrative
On August 9, 1995, about 0855 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-28-181, N8121K, was substantially damaged when it collided with trees, during the landing roll, at the Richmond Airport, West Kingston, Rhode Island. The private pilot was not injured on the local, personal flight operated by Sir Air Ltd. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.
The pilot had conducted touch and go landings at a local airport and then returned to Richmond for landing. In the NTSB form 6120.1/2, the pilot stated,
...I returned for final landing at [Richmond]. I positioned myself and made a routine approach to runway 11. [The airplane] floated too far down the field, and subsequently ran off the end of the runway impacting some trees at the end. I estimate I was doing 10-15 knots at impact....
Additionally, in the NTSB form 6120.1/2, the pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane, and that the winds were calm. Runway 11 was a 2130 foot long and 30 foot wide runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8121K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-181
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-8090142
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Sir Air Ltd
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- RI04
- Airport
- RI04 · Richmond, runway 11, 2,130 × 30 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 71
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 282 total · 51 in this make and model · 124 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days · 24 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °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 N8121K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.