Piper PA-28R-180 N4986J

Summary

On 16 May 1986 at about 22:45 local time, a Piper PA-28R-180 registered N4986J, operated by Cherokee DDP, Inc., was involved in an accident near Tallahassee, Florida, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

16 May 1986 at 22:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Tallahassee, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Tallahassee Commercial (68J)

Coordinates

30.4302, -84.2603

Aircraft

Piper PA-28R-180

Registration

N4986J

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Cherokee DDP, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Tallahassee → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA86LA161

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

WHILE ON FINAL APCH THE ACFT WAS BLOWN TO THE RIGHT OF THE RWY WHERE THE LEFT WING STRUCK A DIRT MOUND. THE ACFT THEN SPUN TO THE LEFT AND CAME TO REST APRX 75 FT FROM THE EDGE OF THE RWY. THE PLT STATED THAT HE DECIDED TO TRY AND SALVAGE THE LANDING DURING THE APCH INSTEAD OF GOING AROUND AS APRX 2/3 OF THE RWY LENGTH REMAINED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.