# Accident 20010721038899A: Piper PA28181, Mattituck, NY, July 21, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 2001, 14:30 local time
- Place: Mattituck, NY
- Airport: Mattituck Airbase Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9992° N, 72.5302° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9992&lon=-72.5302&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17AV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N17AV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC01LA182](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC01LA182) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010721038899A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT 1430 ON 7/21/01, MR. TEDDY HEICHMAN, LANDED AT MATTITUCK (21N) ON RUNWAY 1, ESTIMATED TOUCHDOWN POINT WAS A THIRD OF THE WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY. TIRE SKID MARKS INDICATE PILOT LOCKED UP BOTH BRAKES AT ABOUT 200 FEET FROM END OF RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE END OF THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT INTO SOFT SOIL AND SMALL TREES AND SHRUBS. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPROX. 50 FEET FROM END OF RUNWAY TO THE LEFT AND FACING 180 DEGREES FROM LANDING PATH. NO INJURIES TO PILOT OR PASSENGERS. PILOT STATED HE CHECKED THE WIND SOCK AND THE WINDS WAS COMING FROM THE NW. HE PROCEEDED TO FOLLOW A MOONEY WHO WAS BASED THERE. HE ALSO STATED HE TOUCHED DOWN APPROX. 200 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY. WITNESSES ON THE GROUND INDICATED THE WIND WAS COMING FROM THE SW AND HE APPEARED TO TOUCHDOWN CLOSER TO HALFWAY DOWN THE RUNWAY. MR. HEICHMAN STATED HE APPROACHED AT 80 KNOTS AND SETUP THE LANDING FOR 70 KNOTS.

## 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 NYC01LA182](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC01LA182), Jul 21, 2001: Piper PA-28-181 (N17AV), Mattituck, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to attain a proper touchdown point. A factor was the tailwind.

## Other reports on N17AV (2)

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

- [Incident 20240210002349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240210002349I), Feb 10, 2024: Piper PA-28-181 (N17AV), Wappinger Falls, NY, Minor damage. During instructional flight on approach to runway 24 at pou in the process of doing touch and go landings, the aircraft's main landing gear hit the airport's…
- [Incident 19940220006859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940220006859I), Feb 20, 1994: Piper PA28181 (N17AV), Bridgeport, CT, Minor damage. Aircraft hit nosewheel first and then porpoised. Nose wheel sheared off. Came to rest on runway.

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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