Piper PA-28-180 N7742W

Summary

On 3 October 1997 at about 22:45 local time, a Piper PA-28-180 registered N7742W was involved in an accident near Edgartown, Massachusetts, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

3 October 1997 at 22:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Edgartown, Massachusetts, United States

Nearest airport

Katama Airpark Airport (1B2)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-180

Registration

N7742W

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Newport → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

NYC98LA004

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's inadequate evaluation of the wind direction and his failure to initiate a go-around. Contributing factors were the tailwind, wet runway, and utility pole.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

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The pilot stated he planned an approach and landing on runway 06, a wet grass runway, at the destination airport because the winds were measured by a reporting station nearby to be 080 degrees at 6 knots. The pilot landed fast and retracted the flaps upon touchdown, approximately 1/3 of the way down the runway. As the pilot applied the brakes, the airplane continued upwind off the end of the runway, and impacted telephone poles that lay on the departure end of the runway. After exiting the airplane, the pilot determined the wind to be from 225 degrees at 8 knots. There was a wind sock located on the northeast side of the field.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.