- Date
- July 15, 2015, 13:35 local (20:35 UTC)
- Place
- Laurier, WA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- C-GDYNPiper PA-28-151
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Landing area overshoot
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 12, 2015
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- FAA
- Case key
- 91566
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate decision to continue the approach, which resulted in a long landing and insufficient runway remaining to stop the airplane before it departed the end 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 stated that while en route to his destination he became unsure about his position. He saw an airport and decided to land and reorient himself. During the landing the airplane touched down long and he could not stop the airplane, using full braking, before it departed the end of the runway and collided with trees. The wings were substantially damaged. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The pilot stated that while en route to his destination he became unsure about his position. He saw an airport and decided to land and reorient himself. During the landing the airplane touched down long and he could not stop the airplane, using full braking, before it departed the end of the runway and collided with trees. The wings were substantially damaged. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- C-GDYN
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-151
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7615224
- Built
- 1976
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- C4NL · Nelson
- Destination
- C445 · Victoria
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- K69S · Avey Field, runway 35, 1,975 × 40 ft, gravel
- Equipment
- Handheld GPS, Angle of attack indicator, Stall warning system
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 89
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 3,625 total · 3,450 in this make and model · 3,123 as pilot in command · 37 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 26,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.80 inHg
- Observed at
- CYCG, 29 nm away
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 4, 2015, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 5.4 MB in all.