# NTSB SEA92LA178: Piper PA-28-140, N2328Q, Pacific City, OR, August 12, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 12, 1992, 12:05 local (19:05 UTC)
- Place: Pacific City, OR
- Coordinates: 45.189861, -123.960571 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1899&lon=-123.9606&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 26, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 42875
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA92LA178
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/42875/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA92LA178

## Probable cause

THE PILOT SELECTED THE WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO THE WIND AND THEN DELAYED IN ABORTING THE LANDING. THE TAILWIND WAS A FACTOR.

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - aborted
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - aborted landing - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - fence post

## Analysis

AT THE END OF A CROSS COUNTRY PLEASURE FLIGHT, THE PILOT SET-UP FOR A LANDING ON RUNWAY 14. WHILE ON DOWNWIND, THE PILOT NOTED THAT THE WIND SOCK WAS LIMP, SO HE DECIDED TO MAKE A 180 DEGREE TURN AND LAND ON RUNWAY 32. AFTER THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN, THE PILOT FELT THE AIRPLANE BEING PUSHED BY A TAILWIND. THE AIRPLANE BECAME AIRBORNE AND THE PILOT FORCED THE AIRPLANE BACK TO THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT APPLIED BRAKES; HOWEVER, THE AIRPLANE BEGAN TO SKID. SEEING THAT HE WAS RUNNING OUT OF RUNWAY TO STOP, AND ANTICIPATING AN ACCIDENT, THE PILOT APPLIED FULL POWER TO CLEAR A TWO FOOT FENCE AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY, AND A PUBLIC ROAD THAT RUNS PERPENDICULAR TO THE RUNWAY; HOWEVER, THE LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER CONTACTED THE FENCE. THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED OVER THE ROAD AND THE LEFT WING CONTACTED, AND WAS SEPARATED BY, A CAR PARKED NEXT TO A BUILDING APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED ALONG THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING, CONTACTING THE NORTHEAST CORNER. THE AIRPLANE THEN CAME TO REST ON ITS LEFT SIDE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2328Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2328Q-1994-11-01), registration cancelled 1994-11-01, S/N 287725194 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-140
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-140](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (registry code 7102802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-7725194
- Airframe hours: 2627
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E3D 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Aaland, Steven R.
- Registered owner: Aaland, Steven R.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 21, 1992, 22 hours before
- Departed: S12, ALBANY, OR
- Airport: PFC, Pacific City, runway 32, 1,875 × 30 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 306 total, 254 in this make and model, 244 as pilot in command, 15 in the last 90 days, 9 in the last 30 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F

## 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 19920812031199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920812031199A), Aug 12, 1992: Piper PA28140, Pacific City, OR, Substantial damage. Believed wind calm. Unable to stop on strip after landing last third. Struck fence, vehicle off end. Had tailwind.

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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