PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior
Flight Crew Private
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 5; Flight Crew Total 121; Flight Crew Type 121
Training / Qualification; Situational Awareness
Ground Event / Encounter Object; Ground Excursion Runway; Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence
Aircraft Aircraft Damaged
Human Factors
I was cleared to land. Conditions were windy; and I handled the approach for landing from the right seat. My approach was faster than what it should have been. The aircraft then landed further down the runway than expected. Upon touchdown I lost control of the aircraft and could not get the plane stopped in time. The aircraft veered off of the runway shortly after striking into a runway light.
There were four people on board; I was in the left seat and a friend; also a private pilot; was in the right seat and two passengers in the back. I was PIC of the flight and my friend was the pilot flying the aircraft from cruise down to landing. We filed a VFR flight plan and received flight following upon departure. The winds were calm when we departed but as we got closer to the airport of intended landing the winds were variable and gusty. Approach vectored us around for [the] runway (3;500 feet long). I was tuning frequencies and getting my taxiways diagram ready since he had control of the aircraft.The pilot flying misjudged the length of the runway and overran the runway and hit a runway threshold light and stopped about 100ft on the grass. While we were 2 miles from the runway our airspeed was 110kts and the aircraft was slowing down. As we were over the runway there was slight gust of wind that bumped our speed from 80kts back to 100kts. He reduced the power to idle and tried to complete the landing; and with the short runway there wasn't enough time to decide to go around; he landed and hit the brakes to slow the airplane down but it was already too late and within a few seconds later overran the runway onto the grass. There was no substantial damage to the aircraft; and [ground personnel] pushed the airplane back to the runway and they advised me to contact ground and taxi back to the FBO.
PA28 flight crew reported the aircraft ran off the end of the runway following a fast; long landing.