# Accident 19790824025349A: Piper PA23250, Sundown, NY, August 24, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 1979, 14:15 local time
- Place: Sundown, NY
- Airport: Sullivan Co
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Missed Approach IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7016° N, 74.7950° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SULLIVAN COUNTY INTL (MSV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7016&lon=-74.7950&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55PH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55PH-1979-12-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 100 in this make and model, 500 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC79FA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FA083) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790824025349A

## Narrative

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

CRASHED INTO TREES EXECUTING MISSED APPROACH UNDER IFR WEATHER CONDITIONS. FAILED TO CLIMB TO HIGHER ASSIGNED ALT.

## 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 NYC79FA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FA083), Aug 24, 1979: Piper PA-23 (N55PH), Sundown, NY, destroyed

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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