Piper PA-28-161 N2136M

Summary

On 30 April 2021 at about 22:29 local time, a Piper PA-28-161 registered N2136M was involved in an accident near Columbia, Kentucky, United States. One person was 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

30 April 2021 at 22:29

Classification

Accident

Location

Columbia, Kentucky, United States

Nearest airport

Columbia-Adair County (I96)

Coordinates

37.0856, -85.3438

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-161

Registration

N2136M

Category

Airplane

Year built

1977

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Cincinnati → Birmingham

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA21LA205

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s failure to obtain a proper touchdown point on the runway, which resulted in a runway excursion.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

According to the pilot, he was landing to verify the fuel quantity in the airplane. Witnesses observed the pilot reject one landing and perform a go-around maneuver. On the second landing, he touched down about ¾ down the 2,600 ft runway and continued off the departure end into the grass and impacted a ditch, which resulted in substantial damage to the right wing and engine mounts. After the accident, the pilot stated that the runway was “a short runway, and [he] didn’t anticipate it.” Furthermore, he reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.