NTSB Identification: WPR13CA273
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Sunday, June 16, 2013 in Coolin, ID
Probable Cause Approval Date: 09/05/2013
Aircraft: PIPER PA-28-140, registration: N199
Injuries: 1 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.
The pilot reported that prior to arrival at the airport he received a calm wind report from a nearby airport. After turning right base for landing, he realized that he was too close in to the runway, so he reduced the power to idle, turned a 0.5-nautical-mile final approach, and added three notches of flaps. Prior to touchdown, he realized that he was running out of runway, and that it was too late to go around due to obstacles (trees) at the end of the runway. The airplane subsequently touched down, and the pilot retracted the flaps, turned off the ignition, and applied the brakes. The pilot tried to ground loop the airplane, but the landing gear struck one of the horizontal log railings at the end of the runway. The airplane bounced onto and skidded across an asphalt road and into some scrub brush and saplings. The left wing and all three landing gear separated. The pilot stated that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
The pilot’s failure to maintain an adequate glide path, which led to a runway excursion and collision with objects.
Bonner County Sheriff's Office courtesy photo
A pilot walked away after his private plane slid off a runway near Priest Lake, Idaho on Sunday evening.
Shortly before 6 p.m., Joseph Burch, of Texas, was landing at Cavanaugh Bay Airstrip in Coolin when he was unable to stop at the south end of the runway, a release from the Bonner County Sheriff’s office said.
The plane slid across Eastshore Road and came to rest in the brush and small trees. The plane sustained extensive damage, the release said.
Burch was the only person in the aircraft at the time of the crash.
The investigation was forwarded to the Federal Aviation Administration for any additional follow-up.
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