# Accident 19991003042139A: Piper PA60700P, Greenville, ME, October 3, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 3, 1999, 12:15 local time
- Place: Greenville, ME
- Airport: Greenville Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.4628° N, 69.5516° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GREENVILLE MUNI (3B1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4628&lon=-69.5516&mi=10
- Aircraft: N407SA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60700P
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,199 total, 306 in this make and model, 58 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC00LA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA003) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991003042139A

## Narrative

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

(.4) AFTER ENTERING VFR CONDITIONS AT 6,000 FEET MSL, THE PILOT CANCELED HIS IFR FLIGHT PLAN AND MADE A STRAIGHT-IN, VISUAL APPROACH TO A RUNWAY 14, WHICH HAD BEEN NOTAM'D CLOSED. DURING THE LANDING, THE AIRPLANE STRUCK A LIGHTED BARRICADE AND IT'S LEFT WING CONTACTED A 5 TO 6 FOOT HIGH PILE OF GRAVEL LOCATED ABOUT 3,100 FEET BEYOND THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY.  THE PILOT STATED HE RE-CHECKED THE NOTAMS FOR THE AIRPORT AFTER THE ACCIDENT, AND OBSERVED THE NOTAM FOR THE CLOSED RUNWAY.  THE PILOT SAID IT WAS POSSIBLE THAT HE DID NOT SCROLL ALL THE WAY DOWN THE COMPUTER SCREEN WHEN HE ORIGINALLY CHECKED THE NOTAMS.                                                    (-23) THE PIC, ON AN IFR FLIGHT FROM BEDFORD, MA, TO GREENVILLE, ME, CANCELLED IFR AND ELECTED TO PROCEED VFR APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES SOUTH OF GREENVILLE.  THE PILOT OBTAINED THE WINDS FROM BANGOR ATIS.  HE PROCEEDED OVER THE FIELD AND INTERCEPTED THE FINAL APPROACH COURSE FOR THE NDB 14 APPROACH AT GREENVILLE.  AFTER TOUCHING DOWN ON RUNWAY 14, THE PILOT INITIATED NORMAL BRAKING.  UPON REACHING THE CROWN OF THE RUNWAY, THE PILOT OBSERVED DEBRIS ON THE RUNWAY AND APPLIED MAXIMUM BRAKING.  THE BRAKES LOCKED AND THE AIRPLA NE STRUCK LIGHTED BARRICADES AND ITS LEFT WING CONTACTED A PILE OF GRAVEL. THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED TO THE LEFT AND CAME TO REST.

## 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 NYC00LA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA003), Oct 3, 1999: Piper PA-60-700P (N407SA), Greenville, ME, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight planning and his inadequate visual lookout.

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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