N4749Z

On September 17, 1998, a Piper PA-22-108 (N4749Z) was involved in an incident near Janesville, WI. All 1 person aboard were uninjured. The aircraft sustained substantial damage.

The National Transportation Safety Board determined the probable cause of this incident to be: The pilot's failure to land the airplane at a proper touchdown point on the runway. A factor was the excessive rate of descent which developed on final approach.

On September 17, 1998, at 1150 central daylight time, a Piper PA- 22-108, N4749Z, operated by a private pilot touched down short of runway 13 at the Rock County Airport, Janesville, Wisconsin. The pilot was not injured. The airplane was substantially damaged. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions without a flight plan. The flight originated from Schaumburg, Illinois, at 1100 cdt.

The pilot reported that he was cleared to enter a right traffic pattern for runway 13 when he was about 15 miles away from the airport. He reported that on short final, at an altitude of about 60 feet above the ground, with the engine set at 1500 rpm, the airplane started to sink. The pilot reported he applied power, but the airplane continued to sink.

This incident is documented in NTSB report CHI98LA350. AviatorDB cross-references NTSB investigation data with FAA registry records to provide comprehensive safety information for aircraft N4749Z.