- Date
- August 7, 2006, 15:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Greenacres, WA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6549APiper PA-23-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 28, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20060807017699A
- Case key
- 64408
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Probable cause
The pilot's selection of an unsuitable landing runway which resulted in a runway overrun and collision with a fence. A contributing factor was the wet runway condition.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
According to the pilot, "after landing, braking action was very poor due to a heavily irrigated section of runway 16 from mid-field to the departure end." The airplane's tires "appeared to hydroplane" on the wet grass runway surface, and the pilot was unable to stop the airplane from overrunning the end of the runway and striking a fence. An FAA inspector examined the airplane and reported that the bottom wing skin was torn and one aileron had a hole punctured in it. The pilot commented that the accident could have been prevented by "more close monitoring of the runway watering system" and "a physical check of the entire runway before takeoff to determine any variances in surface condition."
Factual narrative
On August 7, 2006, about 1530 Pacific daylight time, a Piper PA-23-250, N6549A, overran the runway and struck a fence during landing at Sky Meadows Airpark, Greenacres, Washington. The commercial pilot and his two passengers were not injured. The airplane, which was being operated by the pilot, sustained substantial damage. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the 14 CFR Part 91 personal local flight. The flight departed from Sky Meadows about 45 minutes before the accident.
According to the pilot, "after landing, braking action was very poor due to a heavily irrigated section of runway 16 from mid-field to the departure end." The airplane's tires "appeared to hydroplane" on the wet grass runway surface, and the pilot was unable to stop the airplane from overrunning the end of the runway and striking a fence. An FAA inspector examined the airplane and reported that the bottom wing skin was torn and one aileron had a hole punctured in it. The pilot commented that the accident could have been prevented by "more close monitoring of the runway watering system" and "a physical check of the entire runway before takeoff to determine any variances in surface condition."
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6549A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 27-7954006
- Engines
- Lycoming IO-540-C4B5, reciprocatingLycoming IO-540-C4B5, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- WN92 · Greenacres, WA
- Destination
- WN92
- Airport
- WN92 · Sky Meadows Airpark, runway 16
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2
- Flight hours
- 3,898 total · 16 in this make and model · 11 in the last 90 days · 11 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.