Piper PA-38-112 N2510B

Summary

On 12 June 2012 at about 14:00 local time, a Piper PA-38-112 registered N2510B, operated by Biellier Dave H, was involved in an accident near Mt. Vernon, Missouri, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

12 June 2012 at 14:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Mt. Vernon, Missouri, United States

Nearest airport

None

Coordinates

36.9572, -93.6906

Aircraft

Piper PA-38-112

Registration

N2510B

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Biellier Dave H

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Positioning

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Aurora → Mt. Vernon

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN12LA362

1 person was seriously injured.

The pilot’s decision to continue the landing on a short grass runway with a tailwind after touching down beyond the touchdown point, and his subsequent failure to stop the airplane before colliding with trees off the end of that runway. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of recent flight experience.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was attempting to land on a grass strip with a tailwind. However, the airplane overshot the approach end of the runway by about 1,000 feet before it touched down; the pilot was unable to stop the airplane before it went off the runway and collided with trees. The pilot was operating without a valid medical certificate, and a review of his logbook revealed that his last logged flight occurred about 8 years before the accident. His most recent biennial flight review was about 19 years before the accident.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.