# Accident 19850812072789A: Piper PA23250, St Barthelemy, WN, August 12, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 1985, 09:23 local time
- Place: St Barthelemy, WN
- Airport: St Barthelemy
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: FIBA
- Aircraft: N5302Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5302Y-1998-04-27) (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
- Reported engine: LYC IO540C4B5
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850812072789A

## Narrative

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

LANDED LONG ON WET RUNWAY. ATTEMPTED GO AROUND AND RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY INTO OCEAN. SUDDEN RAIN AND WIND FACTORS.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N5302Y (1)

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

- [Incident 19840821073669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840821073669I), Aug 21, 1984: Piper PA23250 (N5302Y), Saint Barthelmy, WN, Minor damage. During hard landing, nose wheel came in contact with runway breaking nose gear fork.

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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