ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 355831
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| Date: | Saturday 24 May 1997 |
| Time: | 17:30 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-161 |
| Owner/operator: | Delta Aeronautics Inc. |
| Registration: | N8351R |
| MSN: | 28-8116174 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5159 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-D3G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Bridgeport, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Fort Worth, TX (FTW |
| (1F9) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
After a 30 minute cross country flight, the pilot flew over the destination airport and observed that the wind sock was 'not functioning.' She then elected to use the same traffic pattern established by another airplane that was already in the pattern (runway 35). On final approach, she determined that she was 'high' and elected to extend full flaps to land. While on the landing roll, she decided to retract the flaps and apply full power for takeoff. After becoming airborne, 'following an insufficient gain of altitude', she elected to land on the remaining runway. By this time, she was 3/4 of the way down the available runway. Subsequently, the airplane overran the runway surface, rolling through a three foot deep ditch and striking a fence. The length of runway 35 is 4,009 feet. The closest weather observation facility, located approximately 25 miles south east of the accident site, reported the winds to be from 180 degrees at 6 knots.
Probable Cause: The pilot's misjudgment of distance and altitude. A contributing factor was a tailwind.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW97LA203
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 12-Mar-2024 16:05 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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