Piper PA-28-151 N9643K

Summary

On 20 September 1997 at about 17:05 local time, a Piper PA-28-151 registered N9643K, operated by Richard Sanderson, was involved in an accident near Bennettsville, South 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

20 September 1997 at 17:05

Classification

Accident

Location

Bennettsville, South Carolina, United States

Nearest airport

Stanton

Coordinates

34.6294, -79.6805

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-151

Registration

N9643K

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Richard Sanderson

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Charlotte → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL97LA132

Nobody was injured.

failure of the pilot to properly plan his approach, and his failure to attain a proper touchdown point for landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot of a Piper PA-28-151 made an approach to land at a private airport. According to him, the airplane touched down after 'quite a bit of float.' The pilot stated he saw another airplane parked on the runway a short distance ahead, then he applied left rudder to avoid the parked airplane. As he passed the other airplane, the left wing tip of his airplane struck a hand rail, then the airplane turned left into a gulch and nosed over. According to an FAA inspector, the pilot did not properly plan his approach to landing at the airport. The PA-28-151 Owner's Manual showed that the airplane's required landing distance was approximately 1,100 feet. The runway was 2,300 feet in length. According to the pilot, the other airplane was parked about 550 feet from the departure end of the runway.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.