# Accident 19930218003059A: Piper PA31T1, Pittsfield, ME, February 18, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 1993, 20:15 local time
- Place: Pittsfield, ME
- Airport: Pittsfield Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.7685° N, 69.3744° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PITTSFIELD MUNI (2B7), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7685&lon=-69.3744&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6192A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6192A-1996-02-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31T1 (registry code 7103126, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31t1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31T1
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A11
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO93LA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO93LA028) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930218003059A

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO ACTIVATE RUNWAY LIGHTS. BELIEVED SAW RUNWAY. LANDED IN 18 INCHES OF SNOW ADJACENT TO RUNWAY.

## 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 BFO93LA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO93LA028), Feb 19, 1993: Piper PA-31T1 (N6192A), Pittsfield, ME, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S INADEQUATE INFLIGHT DECISION TO CONTINUE A LANDING WITHOUT RUNWAY LIGHTS, AND HIS DELAY IN INITIATING A GO-AROUND. A RELATED FACTOR WAS THE PILOT'S OVER CONFIDENCE IN HIS ABILITY.

## Other reports on N6192A (1)

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

- [Accident 19790712024169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790712024169A), Jul 12, 1979: Piper PA31T1 (N6192A), Eveleth, MN, Substantial damage. Pilot said he failed to lower the landing gear.

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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