Piper PA32-301FT N813TC

Summary

On 16 July 2012 at about 19:10 local time, a Piper PA32-301FT registered N813TC, operated by Garrett John C, was involved in an accident near Brevard, North Carolina, 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

16 July 2012 at 19:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Brevard, North Carolina, United States

Nearest airport

Transylvania County Airport (3NR3)

Coordinates

35.2689, -82.6397

Aircraft

Piper PA32-301FT

Registration

N813TC

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Garrett John C

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lynchburg → Brevard

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA12CA464

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s failure to execute a go-around following an approach that was high and fast, which resulted in a runway overrun.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.