- Date
- November 13, 1982, 16:45 local (Nov 14, 1982, 00:45 UTC)
- Place
- Vernonia, OR
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9459WPiper PA-28-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 13, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821113060879A
- Case key
- 72924
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Analysis
The acft was observed high & fast during the approach & touched down about 300 ft from the departure end of the turf rwy. During the go-around the acft struck a wood fence, crossed a road & crashed in a "stumped off" area.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9459W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2811181
- Airframe hours
- 1,090
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-B4B5, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James A. Smejkal
- Registered owner
- James A. Smejkal
- Departed
- 05S · Vernonia, OR
- Destination
- 05S · Vernonia, OR
- Airport
- 05S · Vernonia, runway 9, 2,900 × 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
- 48
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Flight hours
- 373 total · 210 in this make and model · 373 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 104 °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 N9459W · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.