- Date
- November 11, 1987, 15:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place
- Winnemucca, NV
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N400TTPiper PA-24-400
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871111063449A
- Case key
- 40758
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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 plt was attempting to land close to the approach end of the rwy. He made the approach with full flaps at 85 mph the rate of descent became excessive and before recovery was affected the acft collided with a fence near the rwy threshold. The acc site was 4400 ft MSL with a density alt of 5500 ft. the plt stated that he should not have 'dragged' the heavily loaded acft under the existing conditions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N400TT
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-400
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 26-30
- Airframe hours
- 3,030
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-720-A1A, 400 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ian T. Allison
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 31, 1987
- Departed
- SNA · Santa Rosa, CA
- Airport
- Battle Creek Ranch
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
- 67
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,902 total · 2,200 in this make and model · 3,892 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.