# Accident 20010512039409A: Piper PA32RT300, Ithaca, NY, May 12, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 2001, 09:30 local time
- Place: Ithaca, NY
- Airport: Tompkins County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4408° N, 76.4992° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4408&lon=-76.4992&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36127, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N36127-2013-08-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300 (registry code 7103215, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 515 total, 95 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC01LA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC01LA120) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010512039409A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SATURDAY, MAY 12, 2001, AT 0930 LOCAL, A PIPER PA-28RT-200, N36127, OPERATED BY MR. KENNETH LONT, CONTACTED THE GROUND WHILE CONDUCTING AN INSTRUMENT APPROACH (ILS 32), APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE SOUTHWEST AND TO THE WEST OF THE EXTENDED CENTERLINE OF RUNWAY 32 AT TOMPKINS COUNTY AIRPORT, ITHACA, NEW YORK (ITH). THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS. THE ELT WAS ACTIVATED, BUT NOT A FACTOR IN THE RECOVERY OF THE AIRCRAFT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## 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 NYC01LA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC01LA120), May 12, 2001: Piper PA-32RT-300 (N36127), Ithaca, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to follow the published instrument approach procedure.

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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