- Date
- January 29, 1988, 12:23 local (19:23 UTC)
- Place
- Twin Falls, ID
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4290RPiper PA-32-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880129001619A
- Case key
- 40775
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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
When the pilot attempted to reduce power to descend to land he was unable to obtain a power reduction due to the throttle rod end separating in flight. The pilot made a spiralling descent and then shut down the engine. The pilot misjudged his altitude and distance remaining to the runway and landed 600 feet short of the runway striking runway threshold lights during the landing roll.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4290R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3240666
- Airframe hours
- 2,966
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-E4B5, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Leonard Faustina
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 1987 · 221 hours before
- Departed
- LWL · Wells, NV
- Destination
- TWF · Twin Falls, ID
- Airport
- TWF · Twin Falls, runway 25, 8,703 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 581 total · 349 in this make and model · 581 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 41 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TWF
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.