ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 366910
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| Date: | Friday 25 May 1990 |
| Time: | 20:50 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-140 |
| Owner/operator: | Stephen Benhanania |
| Registration: | N43078 |
| MSN: | 28-7425332 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1700 hours |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING O-320-E2A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lusby, MD -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Farmingdale, NY (FRG |
| Myrtle Beach, SC (CRE | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PILOT INADVERTENTLY LANDED AT AN UNLIT PRIVATE AIRPORT AFTER ENCOUNTERING DETERIORATING WEATHER. LIGHT RAIN HAD JUST BEGUN TO FALL AND DUSK LIGHT CONDITIONS EXISTED AT THE TIME HE TOUCHED DOWN. THE PILOT STATED THAT THERE WERE TREES AT THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY AND HE INTENTIONALLY LANDED LONG IN ORDER TO CLEAR THEM. WHEN HE APPLIED BRAKES, THE AIRCRAFT FAILED TO STOP BEFORE GOING OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND DOWN AN EMBANKMENT.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT MISJUDGED THE DISTANCE NEEDED TO TOUCHDOWN AND STOP HIS AIRCRAFT BEFORE RUNNING OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT FAILED TO USE ALL OF THE AVAILABLE RUNWAY DURING THE LANDING SEQUENCE.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB BFO90LA049
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 July 1994 | N43078 | Flight Leader, Inc. | 0 | Towanda, PA | |
sub |
| 14 June 2015 | N43078 | Private | 0 | Near Hampton Airfield (7B3), Hampton, NH | |
sub |
| Loss of control | ||||||
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 21-Mar-2024 13:26 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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