# Accident 19910307004409A: Piper PA24, Hagerstown, MD, March 7, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 7, 1991, 08:15 local time
- Place: Hagerstown, MD
- Airport: Washington County Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6309° N, 77.7104° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6309&lon=-77.7104&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6699P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6699P-1994-04-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24
- Reported engine: LYC O540A1A5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO91LA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO91LA030) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910307004409A

## Narrative

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

REPORTED THROTTLE CABLE BROKE. ENGINE IDLED. UNABLE RUNWAY. CRASHED 100FT SHORT OF RUNWAY. EVIDENCE CABLE WAS CUT.

## 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 BFO91LA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO91LA030), Mar 7, 1991: Piper PA-24-250 (N6699P), Hagerstown, MD, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE FAILURE OF THE THROTTLE CONTROL CABLE. A FACTOR WS THE 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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