# Accident 19840812076269A: Piper PA24260, Sidney, NY, August 12, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 1984, 01:15 local time
- Place: Sidney, NY
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3098° N, 75.3896° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3098&lon=-75.3896&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9232P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- Reported engine: LYC IO540D4A5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,900 total, 0 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC84FA274](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84FA274) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840812076269A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK TREES DURING IFR APPROACH. CRASHED AND BURNED. PILOT HAD ELEVATED BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL.

## 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 NYC84FA274](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84FA274), Aug 12, 1984: Piper PA-24-260 (N9232P), Sydney, NY, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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