# Accident 19940827048639A: Piper PA30, Wolfboro, NH, August 27, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 1994, 17:15 local time
- Place: Wolfboro, NH
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N8541Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8541Y-1997-10-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Reported engine: LYC IO360B1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 661 total, 93 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO94LA153](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO94LA153) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940827048639A

## Narrative

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

VEERED ON LANDING. BEGAN GO AROUND BUT LEFT WING STRUCK SOME TREE BRANCHES. SPUN AROUND OFF 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 BFO94LA153](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO94LA153), Aug 27, 1994: Piper PA-30 (N8541Y), Wolfeboro, NH, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING LANDING WHICH RESULTED IN INFLIGHT COLLISSION WITH TREES.

## Other reports on N8541Y (1)

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

- [Accident 19750119001149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750119001149A), Jan 19, 1975: Piper PA30 (N8541Y), Talladega, AL, Substantial damage. After wind gust plt decided lnd in swamp beside rwy.

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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