- Date
- August 15, 2012, 15:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Coolin, ID
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9382PPiper PA-24-260
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 26, 2012
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20120815017079A
- Case key
- 84698
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to attain a touchdown point sufficient to stop the airplane within the length of the runway.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that on final approach he was concerned about trees bracketing each side of the runway's approach end, and he stayed high to clear them. The airplane touched down onto the turf runway, bounced back into the air, and touched down a second time. The pilot applied brakes, realized he was running out of runway, and applied heavier braking. The airplane started to slide and, despite the pilot’s control inputs, overran the end of the runway and impacted a ditch. Subsequently, the left wing was substantially damaged. The pilot reported no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airframe or engine that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that on final approach he was concerned about some trees bracketing each side of the runway's approach end and he stayed high to clear them. The airplane touched down onto the turf runway and it bounced back into the air and touched down a second time. The pilot applied brakes and realized he was running out of runway and applied heavy braking. The airplane started to slide and despite the pilot’s control inputs, the airplane overran the end of the runway and impacted a ditch. Subsequently, the left wing was substantially damaged. The pilot reported no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airframe or engine that would have precluded normal operations.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9382P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-260
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-4883
- Airframe hours
- 3,607
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540 SER, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Aviation West Insurance Brokers LLC
- Registered owner
- Aviation West Insurance Brokers LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 30, 2012
- Departed
- S75 · Payette, ID
- Destination
- 66S · Coolin, ID
- Airport
- 66S · Cavanaugh Bay Airport, runway 15, 3,100 × 120 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
- 59
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- November 16, 2011
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 600 total · 365 in this make and model · 540 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.06 inHg
- Observed at
- SZT, 17 nm away
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 20, 2012, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 889 KB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.