# Incident 19940318008419I: Piper PA23250, Ashville, NY, March 18, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 1994, 12:30 local time
- Place: Ashville, NY
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0964° N, 79.3756° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ashville, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0964&lon=-79.3756&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62620, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N62620-1996-04-17) (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
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,200 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940318008419I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON MARCH 18, 1994, A PIPER PA-23, N62620, OPERATED BY COMMERCIAL PILOT MYERS, HAD THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR SLOWED BY SNOW DRIFT, DURING TAKEOFF ROLL. THEN THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO RIGHT, NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER GOING INTO SNOW BANK. NO OTHER DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES TO PILOT OR PASSENGERS. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT ASHVILLE, NEW YORK AND ENDED ON THE RUNWAY. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N62620 (2)

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

- [Accident 19951110036339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951110036339A), Nov 10, 1995: Piper PA23250 (N62620), Jamestown, NY, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Struck trees on night approach to airport. Fell into a pond. Was 200FT left of runway alignment.
- [Incident 19880513033119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880513033119I), May 13, 1988: Piper PA23250 (N62620), Ashville, NY, Minor damage. Struck a fence post with left wing tip on turn around after landing roll out.

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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