# Accident 19941002032339A: Piper PA24250, Montgomery, NY, October 2, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 2, 1994, 20:00 local time
- Place: Montgomery, NY
- Airport: Orange County Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5118° N, 74.2635° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORANGE COUNTY (MGJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5118&lon=-74.2635&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8397P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8397P-1996-09-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Reported engine: LYC O540A1D5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 763 total, 300 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941002032339A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK TREES TURNING FINAL AT NIGHT NOTAMS ON TREES. BETTER RUNWAY AVAILABLE. REPORTED NOT PROFICIENT NITE FLIGHT.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N8397P (1)

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

- [Incident 19781219023329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781219023329I), Dec 19, 1978: Piper PA24250 (N8397P), Allentown, PA, Minor damage. Pilot took off without microphone in plane then landed gear up. Had filed an IFR flight plan.

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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