# Accident 19741028035049A: Piper PA24260, Roscoe, NY, October 28, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 28, 1974
- Place: Roscoe, NY
- Airport: Skytop
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 41.8744° N, 74.9785° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Skytop Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8744&lon=-74.9785&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9072P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9072P-1989-10-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 408 total, 62 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC75DFA20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75DFA20) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741028035049A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PLT LANDED LONG ON SOFT SOD STRIP,USED EXCESSIVE BRAKING,LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED.RWY 1600 FT LONG.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC75DFA20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75DFA20), Oct 28, 1974: Piper PA-24 (N9072P), Roscoe, NY, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9072P (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19880821034609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880821034609A), Aug 21, 1988: Piper PA24260 (N9072P), Readington, NJ, Destroyed. Not lined up and too fast for landing, tried to go around and struck trees.
- [Incident 19790702017919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790702017919I), Jul 2, 1979: Piper PA24260 (N9072P), Teterboro, NJ, Minor damage. Landed gear up.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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