# Accident 19941220041939A: Piper PA28181, Great Barringto, MA, December 20, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 1994, 16:00 local time
- Place: Great Barringto, MA
- Airport: Great Barrington Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1842° N, 73.4032° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GREAT BARRINGTON (GBR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1842&lon=-73.4032&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4497X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4497X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4M
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 591 total, 6 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC95LA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC95LA044) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941220041939A

## Narrative

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

LANDED LONG AND FAST. RAN OFF RUNWAY INTO TREES.

## 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 NYC95LA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC95LA044), Dec 20, 1994: Piper PA-28-181 (N4497X), Gr. Barrington, MA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot landed with excessive airspeed which resulted in a long landing, runway overrun, and collision with trees.

## Other reports on N4497X (4)

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

- [Incident 20241126019009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241126019009I), Nov 26, 2024: Piper PA-28-181 (N4497X), Houston, TX, Minor damage. Aircraft fuel selector was inadvertantly placed to the off position by the student pilot on approach to landing. Aircraft engine shut down. CFI took the…
- [Incident 20220626011439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220626011439I), Jun 26, 2022: Piper PA-28-181 (N4497X), College Station, TX, Minor damage. On 6/26/2022 at 1435 CDT, a Piper model PA-28-181, [privacy data omitted] was attempting to land on runway 17 at Easterwood Field Airport (kcll), when the…
- [Incident 20030115000899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030115000899I), Jan 15, 2003: Piper PA28181 (N4497X), Great Barringto, MA, Minor damage. (-23) On January 15, 2003, at 13:30 hours, N4497X a Piper pa 28-181 hit a snow bank while on an aborted low approach to runway 29 at Great Barrington, MA. The…
- [Incident 19830226012619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830226012619I), Feb 26, 1983: Piper PA28181 (N4497X), Great Barringto, MA, Minor damage. Pilot allowed wind to drift aircraft off runway alignment on landing. Struck a fence 50 feet from runway.

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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