# NTSB SEA84LA191: Piper PA-28-235, N9227W, Elk City, ID, August 6, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 5, 1984, 17:00 local (Aug 6, 1984, 00:00 UTC)
- Place: Elk City, ID
- Coordinates: 45.799968, -115.510025 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8000&lon=-115.5100&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 39983
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA84LA191
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39983/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA84LA191

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - weather condition - tailwind (cause)
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - aborted landing - disregarded, pilot in command
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - fence
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT WHILE LANDING ON THE UPHILL CURVED AIRSTRIP A 30 KNOT TAILWIND GUST OCCURRED. DUE TO OBSTACLED AND THE WIND, THE PLT DISREGARDED AN ABORTED LANDING AND CONTINUED STRAIGHT AHEAD ON THE RUNWAY. THE ACFT TRAVELED OFF THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RWY, CONTACTED A FENCE AND NOSED OVER IN A DITCH. THE PLT STATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE AREABUT NO WIND WAS DETECTED IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN BEFORE LANDING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N9227W (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-235
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-10895
- Engines: LYCOMING O-540-B4B5 235 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Colin Roads
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: S80, GRANGEVILLE, ID
- Destination: S90, ELK CITY, ID
- Airport: S90, Elk City Airport, runway 15, 3,300 × 100 ft, dirt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 1,057 total, 154 in this make and model, 1,000 as pilot in command, 50 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 300° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: LWS

## 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 19840805038179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840805038179A), Aug 5, 1984: Piper PA28235, Elk City, ID, Substantial damage. Caught by a tailwind 30 knot gust was unable to stop on runway. Overturned in a ditch. Thunderstorms were forming.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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