# Accident 19950621048499A: Piper PA38112, Utica, NY, June 21, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 1995, 18:33 local time
- Place: Utica, NY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0964° N, 75.2260° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Utica, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0964&lon=-75.2260&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2432A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2432A-2001-02-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-20-135 (registry code 7102010, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-20-135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA38112
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950621048499A

## Narrative

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

(-16) PILOT STATED THAT DURING A GO AROUND, RUNWAY 32 AT RIVERSIDE AIRPORT, THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT CLIMB VERY WELL WITH FULL POWER AND FLAPS. AFTER RETRACTING THE FLAPS 50%, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SETTLE. PILOT SAID HE CONTINUED TO APPLY BACK PRESSURE TO THE CONTROL YOKE WHEN THE AIRCRAFT BANKED LEFT AND DESCENDED INTO SOME TREES. THE RIGHT OUTBOARD WING HIT A POWER LINE POLE AND SEPARATED. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN AN AREA OF SMALL TREES. THE LOCAL FLIGHT SCHOOL OWNER AND EYE WITNESS STATED THE PILOT DID NOT MAKE A RADIO CALL OR REQUEST AIRPORT ADVISORIES. HE ALSO STATED THAT THE WIND DIRECTION WAS FROM THE EAST AND THE AIRCRAFT HAD AT LEAST A 10 KNOT TAILWIND AT THE TIME OF LANDING ATTEMPT.

## 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 N2432A (1)

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

- [Incident 19990912028679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990912028679I), Sep 12, 1999: Piper PA20135 (N2432A), Monticelio, IA, Minor damage. (-23) On a flight from brodhead, Wisconsin, to monticello, Iowa, the cloud cover was descending and the pilot chose to make an emergency landing in a hay…

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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