Plane Crash List

Piper PA-28R-200 N8139C

28 June 1997 · Frankfort, New York, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 28 June 1997 at about 04:10 local time, a Piper PA-28R-200 registered N8139C, operated by Larry C. Schoene, was involved in an accident near Frankfort, New York, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

The record

Date
at 04:10
Classification
Accident
Location
Frankfort, New York, United States
Nearest airport
Frankfort-Highland (6B4)
Coordinates
43.0303, -75.0708
Aircraft
Piper PA-28R-200
Registration
N8139C
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Larry C. Schoene
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Wiscasset → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Night/Dark
NTSB number
NYC97LA130

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
4 0 0 0 4

Probable cause

The pilot's misjudgment of distance and speed on final approach, and his failure to attain the proper touchdown point during landing. A factor in the accident was the night light condition.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was on a night approach to a 2,550-foot paved, lighted runway. The pilot stated that his approach was normal and that he felt no reason to believe anything was wrong. During the landing flare the airplane floated and touched down long. The pilot said he did not have enough runway available to go around. The airplane departed the end of the runway continued down a 60-foot embankment into a swamp.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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no coordinates
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no coordinates
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