# Accident 19970705045909A: Piper PA23160, Hampton, NH, July 5, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 1997, 19:45 local time
- Place: Hampton, NH
- Airport: Hampton Airfield Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Go Around
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9613° N, 70.8302° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HAMPTON AIRFIELD (7B3), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9613&lon=-70.8302&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4022P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4022P-1997-10-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-160 (registry code 7102304, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23160
- Reported engine: LYC O320B1A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,515 total, 367 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD97LA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD97LA096) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970705045909A

## Narrative

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

(.4)THE PILOT SHUT DOWN THE LEFT ENGINE ON THE DOWNWIND LEG FOR A PRACTICE SINGLE ENGINE APPROACH TO THE 2,100 FOOT GRASS RUNWAY. PRIOR TO LANDING, THE PILOT NOTICED AN AIRPLANE TAKING OFF IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.  THE PILOT PERFORMED A SINGLE ENGINE GO AROUND AND SIDESTEPPED TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY TO AVOID THE OTHER AIRPLANE.  THE FLAPS WERE PUMPED UP AND THE LANDING GEAR WAS LEFT DOWN. UNABLE TO MAINTAIN A POSITIVE RATE OF CLIMB, THE PILOT TURNED LEFT TOWARD A CLEAR AREA.  UPON COMPLETION OF THE TURN, THE LEFT WING AND LANDING GEAR SNAGGED POWER LINES PULLING THE AIRPLANE TO THE GROUND ABOUT 300 FEET WEST OF THE RUNWAY.  THE PILOT DID NOT REPORT ANY MALFUNCTIONS OF THE AIRPLANE.

## 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 IAD97LA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD97LA096), Jul 5, 1997: Piper PA-23-160 (N4022P), Hampton, NH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's poor judgement for intentionally shutting down an engine to perform a practice single engine landing, which led to a single engine go-around due to conflicting traffic.

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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