19880212002329A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-24-260 · Chatham, MA · February 12, 1988

Date
February 12, 1988 · 21:10 local
Place
Chatham, MA
Airport
Chatham Municipal
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9281P
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC88LA081
Reported as
Piper PA24260
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540D4A5
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Low time new private pilot landed short of the runway after two prior attempts to land.

As the FAA filed it

LOW TIME NEW PRIVATE PILOT LANDED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY AFTER TWO PRIOR ATTEMPTS TO LAND.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.