19951110036339A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Jamestown, NY · November 10, 1995

Date: November 10, 1995 · 19:30 local
Place: Jamestown, NY
Airport: Fairbanks Farms Airport
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N62620
NTSB investigation: NTSBNYC96FA024
Reported as: Piper PA23250
Reported engine: Lycoming IO540C4B5
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 1
Pilot’s flight hours: 21,534 total

N62620Registration cancelled Apr 17, 1996 · Piper PA-23-250S/N 277654092 Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250

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What happened

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Struck trees on night approach to airport. Fell into a pond. Was 200FT left of runway alignment.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK TREES ON NIGHT APPROACH TO AIRPORT. FELL INTO A POND. WAS 200FT LEFT OF RUNWAY ALIGNMENT.

NTSB investigation

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NTSB NYC96FA024Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportAshville, NYthe pilot's misjudgment of altitude and distance to the runway during an approach to land. Factors relating to the accident were: the night and adverse weather conditions.Nov 11, 1995 · Destroyed

Other reports on N62620 · 2

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

Incident 19940318008419ITakeoff Ground Roll · Ashville, NYNarrative: 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…Mar 18, 1994 · Minor damage Incident 19880513033119IGround Taxi, Other Airplane · Ashville, NYStruck a fence post with left wing tip on turn around after landing roll out.May 13, 1988 · Minor damage