Lexington Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Lexington, North Carolina 27293
Friday, October 7, 1988 11:30 EDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

DURING FINAL APPROACH TO RWY 26 A CROSSWIND SHIFTED TO A TAILWIND. THE PLT RPRTD A FULL FLAP/CARB HEAT TOUCHDOWN WAS MADE DESPITE 14 KNOTS AIRSPEED. INSUFFICIENT RWY REMAINED AND FULL THROTTLE WAS APPLIED FOR GO-AROUND. FLAPS AND CARB HEAT WERE NOT REPOSITIONED. AFTER 3-5 SECS ENGINE HAD NOT RESPONDED. THROTTLE WAS CLOSED AND AIRCRAFT SKIDDED OFF RWY OVERRUN. ENGINE TESTS CONFIRMED AVG 4 SECOND HESITATION TO FULL THROTTLE RESPONSE.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 10/7/1988
Event Day of the Week Friday
Time of Event 1130
Event Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time
Event City LEXINGTON
Event State NORTH CAROLINA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 27293
Event Date Year 1988
Event Date Month 10
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport LEXINGTON
Event Location Nearest Airport ID EXX
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 726
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1145 Eastern Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 50
Weather Observation Facility ID INT
Elevation of weather observation facility 970
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 25
Time Zone of the weather observation EDT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 25000
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 0
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Unknown
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Broken
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 20
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 12
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) -18
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 60
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 10
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury Minor
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor 1
Injury Total None --
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All 1
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 929
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Oct 7 1988 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1745
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 37648
Date of most recent change to record Dec 13 2000 12:12PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N736EK
NTSB Number ATL89LA009
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name CESSNA
Aircraft Model 182
Aircraft Series Identifier 182
Aircraft Serial Number R-18200724
Certified Max Gross Weight 3100
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 4
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection --
Airframe hours since last inspection --
Airframe Hours 1099
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name PIEDMONT AVIATION, INC.
Aircraft Owner Street Address 3821 NORTH LIBERTY STREET
Aircraft Owner City WINSTON-SALEM
Aircraft Owner State NC
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 27102
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address
Operator City
Operator State
Operator Country
Operator Zip code
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Business
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code INT
Departure City WINSTON-SALEM
Departure State NC
Departure Country
Departure Time 1100
Departure Time Zone EDT
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code
Destination City
Destination State
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:35AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 26
Runway Length 3300
Runway Width 65
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --