# NTSB SEA04CA193: Piper PA-28, N56775, Deer Harbor, WA, September 23, 2004 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: September 23, 2004, 10:50 local (17:50 UTC) - Place: Deer Harbor, WA - Coordinates: 48.597499, -122.997497 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.5975&lon=-122.9975&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report December 3, 2004 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 60187 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA04CA193 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/60187/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04CA193 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to perform remedial action during the landing sequence. A factor contributing to the accident was the wet runway surface. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Overrun, landing - roll - remedial action - not performed, pilot in command (cause) - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - wet (contributing factor) ## Analysis After making two low passes over the runway, the pilot landed on the third approach. During the rollout the brakes had little effect in slowing the aircraft, which subsequently overran the southeast end of the airstrip, rolling down an embankment before coming to rest upright. A post accident inspection of the 1,500 foot grass airstrip revealed that it had been mowed very short and was very wet. The airplane had sustained substantial damage to its right wing, firewall and engine mounts. The pilot stated that he hadn't experienced any mechanical difficulties or malfunctions with the airplane that contributed to the accident. ## Factual narrative On September 23, 2004, at 1050 Pacific daylight time, a Piper PA-28, N56775, sustained substantial damage during the landing rollout at the Crane Island Airstrip, located 2 nautical miles south of Deer Harbor, Washington. The airplane is owned by the pilot, and was being operated under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91. The private pilot and his sole passenger were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the personal flight. The flight departed Lopez Island (S31), Lopez, Washington, approximately 20 minutes prior to the accident. In a written report dated September 23 2004, and in a telephone interview with the NTSB investigator-in-charge, the pilot reported that he made two low approaches over the 1,500 foot runway prior to landing. The pilot related that on the third approach the landing was made, and that during the rollout he found the brakes were having little or not effect in slowing the aircraft. The pilot stated the plane left the runway going straight ahead at approximately 15 to 25 miles per hour. The pilot further stated the airplane rolled down an embankment at the southeast end of the runway before coming to a stop in an upright position. The pilot reported that after exiting the airplane and inspecting the runway surface, he found the grass runway surface to have been cut very short and to be very wet. The pilot stated that he felt the short, wet grass airstrip surface was the major reason he was unable to stop the airplane. The pilot reported the right wing, engine mount, and firewall had sustained substantial damage, and that he hadn't experienced any mechanical difficulties or malfunctions with the airplane that would have contributed to the accident. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N56775](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N56775-2005-10-24), registration cancelled 2005-10-24, S/N 28-7425033, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Piper PA-28 - Registry model: [Piper PA-28-140](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (registry code 7102802) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 28-7425033 - Engines: Lycoming O-320 reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Steven V. Cade - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: S31, Lopez Island, WA - Destination: NA, Deer Harbor, WA - Airport: NONE, Crane Island ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 28; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3; flight hours: 946 total, 354 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days, 12 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20040923027929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040923027929A), Sep 23, 2004: Piper PA28140, Crane Island, WA, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot stated he was landing at Crane Island, WA a 1500FT freshly mowed wet grass runway. He stated that after touchdown he experienced no braking action.… From the NTSB's public API. 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