Piper PA-24-260 N8704P
7 September 2000 · Factoryville, Pennsylvania, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 7 September 2000 at about 22:00 local time, a Piper PA-24-260 registered N8704P was involved in an accident near Factoryville, Pennsylvania, United States. One person was 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 22:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Factoryville, Pennsylvania, United States
- Nearest airport
- Seamans Field (9N3)
- Coordinates
- 41.5604, -75.7806
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-24-260
- Registration
- N8704P
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Dusk
- NTSB number
- NYC00LA254
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to attain the proper touchdown point.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
During a practice short field landing at dusk, the airplane touched down about 1 foot short of the runway. It struck a runway threshold light, the left landing gear strut collapsed, and the airplane veered off to the left. There were no mechanical problems with the airplane, and the commercial pilot had over 9,400 hours of flight time.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Piper PA-24 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Aug 2000 | Piper PA-24 | Independence, California, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 10 Jul 2000 | Piper PA-24-260 | Chilko Lake, Canada | Gildow, William E. | Fatal | 4 |
| 13 Oct 2000 | Piper PA 24-250 | Kelowna, Canada | Gary L. McPherson | Fatal | 3 |
| 4 Jan 2000 | Piper PA-24-180 | Cordesville, South Carolina, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 9 Jan 2000 | Piper PA-24-250 | Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 16 Jul 2000 | Piper PA-24-250 | Immokalee, Florida, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
All 2,700 records for this type
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Apr 2000 | Mooney M-20F | Parker, Pennsylvania, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 3 Jul 2000 | Cessna 172H | Kutztown, Pennsylvania, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 17 Sep 2000 | Aeronca 11AC-991 | Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 9 Jun 2000 | Beechcraft BE-55 | Erie, Pennsylvania, United States | John Farrell | Minor injuries | - |
| 6 May 2000 | Rotorway ROTORWAY 162F EXEC | McMurray, Pennsylvania, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 19 Aug 2000 | Foulke EUROPA TRI-GEAR | Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States | - | No injuries | - |