# Accident 20000825041059A: Piper PA32300, Nantucket, MA, August 25, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 2000, 23:40 local time
- Place: Nantucket, MA
- Airport: Nantucket Memorial
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2533° N, 70.0605° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NANTUCKET MEML (ACK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2533&lon=-70.0605&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8133Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8133Z-2001-04-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC00LA242](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA242) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000825041059A

## Narrative

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

(-23)N8133Z WAS ON A VFR FLIGHT FROM WILLIAMSPORT, PA (IPT) TO NANTUCKET, MA (ACK) AND OBTAINED AN IFR CLEARANCE FROM BOS ARTCC FOR AN ILS RWY 24 APPROACH. THE AIRCRAFT, WHILE MANEUVERING TO LAND ON RWY 24, STRUCK THE APPROACH LIGHT SYSTEM, SEPARATING THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR, AND CAME TO REST ON RUNWAY 24 APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET FROM THE APPROACH END.  THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER, SMELLING FUEL, EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT THEN CAUGHT FIRE AND BURNED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER. THE ON-SCENE INVESTIGATION WAS CONDUCTED BY INSPECTOR RON WILLIAMS.

## 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 NYC00LA242](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA242), Aug 26, 2000: Piper PA-32-300 (N8133Z), Nantucket, MA, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain the proper glide path to the runway. Factors related to the accident were the fog conditions and the pilot’s fatigue.

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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