# Accident 19880701024909A: Piper PA32R300, Akron, NY, July 1, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 1, 1988, 14:45 local time
- Place: Akron, NY
- Airport: Akron Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BQAA
- Location: 43.0109° N, 78.4896° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0109&lon=-78.4896&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1954H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1954H-1990-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1G5
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC88LA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA173) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880701024909A

## Narrative

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

PILOT BELEIVED AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT FLY AND ABORTED TOO LATE. OVERRAN END RUNWAY, RAISED THE GEAR. SLID INTO RAVINE.

## 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 NYC88LA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA173), Jul 1, 1988: Piper PA-32-300 (N1954H), Akron, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT RESULTED IN A DELAYED ABORTED TAKE-OFF. AFTER AN INADVERTENT RETRACTION OF THE LANDING GEAR THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY INTO ROUGH TERRAIN.

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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