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CHI00LA128

2000-05-06 · FULTON, Missouri, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport FTT

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

the pilot's poor inflight planning which resulted in exceeded the proper touchdown point on the runway. A factor associated with the accident was the ditch that the airplane contacted.

Factual narrative

On May 6, 2000, at 0954 central daylight time, a Piper PA-28-151, N8641E, collided with a ditch during an overrun landing on runway 23 (3,205' x 47') at the Hensley Memorial Airport, Fulton, Missouri. The private pilot and two passengers were not injured. The airplane was substantially damaged. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions. The flight originated from Osage Beach, Missouri, at 0900 cdt. The airplane touched down long on the runway and continued off the end where it contacted a ditch. The pilot stated to an inspector from the Federal Aviation Administration Kansas City Flight Standards District Office, that she thought she had more runway left. The airplane touched down long on the 3,205 foot long runway. It traveled off the end of the runway where it contacted a ditch. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_2000_CHI00LA128.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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