NTSB Identification: ERA12CA464
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Monday, July 16, 2012 in Brevard, NC
Probable Cause Approval Date: 11/07/2012
Aircraft: PIPER PA32-301FT, registration: N813TC
Injuries: 2 Uninjured.
NTSB investigators used data provided by various entities, including, but not limited to, the Federal Aviation Administration and/or the operator and did not travel in support of this investigation to prepare this aircraft accident report.
While on final approach to land, the pilot noticed a tree that was located near the end of the runway. To avoid the tree, he “stayed high” until he cleared the approach end of the runway and then attempted to “drop quickly” to the field. The airplane touched down on the left main landing gear roughly 2,000 feet beyond the threshold of the 2,900-foot-long runway, and the pilot applied the brakes. The pilot was unable to stop the airplane before it overran the runway. The right main landing gear struck an airport sign, and the airplane came to rest in brambles 100 feet beyond the departure end of the runway. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that the airplane’s firewall was substantially damaged. During the examination, no evidence of any preexisting mechanical anomalies that would have precluded normal operation was discovered. During a postaccident interview, the pilot stated that, after the accident, he discovered that the tree he had attempted to avoid was actually located to the right of the runway.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
The pilot’s failure to execute a go-around following an approach that was high and fast, which resulted in a runway overrun.
***This report was modified on October 29, 2012. Please see the docket for this accident to view the original report.***
While on approach to a runway, the pilot of the airplane attempted to avoid a tree that was located near the end of the runway. To avoid the tree, he “stayed high” until he cleared the approach end of the runway and then attempted to “drop quickly” to the field. The airplane touched down on the left main landing gear roughly 2,000 feet beyond the threshold of the 2,900-foot long runway, and the pilot applied the brakes. The pilot was unable to stop the airplane before it overran the runway. The right main landing gear struck an airport sign, and the airplane came to rest in brambles 100 feet beyond the departure end of the runway. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that the airplane’s firewall was substantially damaged. During the examination, no evidence of any preexisting mechanical anomalies that would have precluded normal operation were discovered. During a postaccident interview, the pilot stated that after the accident, he discovered that the tree he had attempted to avoid was actually located to the right of the runway.
FAA IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 813TC Make/Model: PA32 Description: PA-32 Cherokee Six, Six, Saratoga, Turbo
Date: 07/16/2012 Time: 1910
Event Type: Incident Highest Injury: None Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Minor
LOCATION
City: BREVARD State: NC Country: US
DESCRIPTION
AIRCRAFT ON LANDING, WENT OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY, BREVARD, NC
INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 0
# Crew: 1 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Pass: 1 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
OTHER DATA
Activity: Unknown Phase: Landing Operation: OTHER
FAA FSDO: CHARLOTTE, NC (SO33) Entry date: 07/17/2012
MIKE DIRKS/TIMES-NEWS
Fire crews clean up their gear after a plane crashed while landing at the Transylvania County Airport Monday afternoon. The two people in the plane were not injured.
Emergency crews are on the scene of a plane crash in Transylvania County. It happened at 3:15 p.m. Monday at the Transylvania County Airport. Officials say Jon Garrett, 69, was landing the single engine Piper aircraft when the plane ran off the runway and crashed into trees. The aircraft came to a stop about 50 feet from the runway. The pilot was flying with his wife Jeroldine Garrett, 68, from Virginia to the Transylvania County Airport. The couple was not injured. The FAA is investigating the crash will be inspecting the plane Tuesday.
The Hendersonville Times-News reports...
The Federal Aviation Association will investigate a minor plane crash at Transylvania County Airport Monday afternoon, according to fire officials.
The crash occurred at about 3:30 p.m. and involved a single-engine Piper, according to Mickey Honeycutt, assistant chief of the Little River Fire Department.
Honeycutt said an initial investigation shows the airplane overshot the runway and crashed into bushes between the runway and Crab Creek Road.
Two people were in the plane, but they were not injured and had left the scene by the time fire officials arrived.
The owner of the plane is listed as John Garrett of 255 Crosstower Dr., Penhook, Va., according to landings.com.
The crash occurred at about 3:30 p.m. and involved a single-engine Piper, according to Mickey Honeycutt, assistant chief of the Little River Fire Department.
Honeycutt said an initial investigation shows the airplane overshot the runway and crashed into bushes between the runway and Crab Creek Road.
Two people were in the plane, but they were not injured and had left the scene by the time fire officials arrived.
The owner of the plane is listed as John Garrett of 255 Crosstower Dr., Penhook, Va., according to landings.com.
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