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Pilot flying PA28 aircraft veered off flight path on approach and landed off runway.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1746502 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202006 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 75 Flight Crew Total 840 Flight Crew Type 125 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown Ground Excursion Runway |
Narrative:
I was inbound to ZZZ to pick up a part for an aircraft that was part of our fleet. I was intending to use the grass strip (runway xx) to get some grass landing practice in. The aircraft in the pattern were using runway 12; so I had to be extra careful to sequence myself into the pattern to not cause a collision hazard. As I was turning final approach; I located the 'threshold markers' and positioned myself for a landing. I glanced at runway 12 to make sure no one was coming in on that runway; at the same time however; I veered to the left of my intended approach path. When I looked up; I saw the grass in front of me and thought that I was still in line with the runway; however; I was not and actually I was to the left of the runway and ended up landing in a dirt/grass area. I only noticed that I landed off the runway after I saw a cloud of dust in trail of my aircraft. Nothing was damaged on the ground or the plane. Bottom line; I should have went around and there is no other way to put it. If I was not 100% sure between the multicolored landing area that I was lined up for the runway; I should have went around. There is no room for uncertainty on landing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Pilot flying PA28 aircraft veered off flight path on approach and landed off runway.
Narrative: I was inbound to ZZZ to pick up a part for an aircraft that was part of our fleet. I was intending to use the grass strip (RWY XX) to get some grass landing practice in. The aircraft in the pattern were using Runway 12; so I had to be extra careful to sequence myself into the pattern to not cause a collision hazard. As I was turning final approach; I located the 'threshold markers' and positioned myself for a landing. I glanced at Runway 12 to make sure no one was coming in on that runway; at the same time however; I veered to the left of my intended approach path. When I looked up; I saw the grass in front of me and thought that I was still in line with the runway; however; I was not and actually I was to the left of the runway and ended up landing in a dirt/grass area. I only noticed that I landed off the runway after I saw a cloud of dust in trail of my aircraft. Nothing was damaged on the ground or the plane. Bottom line; I should have went around and there is no other way to put it. If I was not 100% sure between the multicolored landing area that I was lined up for the runway; I should have went around. There is no room for uncertainty on landing.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.