# Accident 20021003029969A: Piper PA60602P, Bradford, PA, October 3, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 3, 2002, 21:25 local time
- Place: Bradford, PA
- Airport: Bradford Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7506° N, 78.5678° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7506&lon=-78.5678&mi=10
- Aircraft: N700DJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N700DJ-2003-10-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper AEROSTAR 602P (registry code 7106014, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-aerostar-602p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60602P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD03FA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD03FA001) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021003029969A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT 21:25 LOCAL TIME, N700DJ MADE AN UNCONTROLLED FLIGHT INTO TERRAIN, CRASHED, AND WAS FOUND 3.7 MILES FROM THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 32 AT THE BRADFORD REGIONAL AIRPORT (BFD). ON OCTOBER 5, 2002, N700DJ WAS FOUND AT 14:30 LOCAL TIME. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED, AND THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT CLOSES THIS ACCIDENT.

## 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 IAD03FA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD03FA001), Oct 4, 2002: Piper Aerostar 602P (N700DJ), Bradford, PA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to follow the published instrument approach procedure, which resulted in an early descent into trees and terrain. A factor was the night, instrument meteorological conditions.

## Other reports on N700DJ (2)

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

- [Incident 20000104002539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000104002539I), Jan 4, 2000: Piper PA60602P (N700DJ), Jamestown, NY. On 1/4/00 Piper PA-602P, N700DJ, s/n 62P09238165047, piloted by james paige, experienced complete electrical failure during an instrument approach to…
- [Incident 19970410013249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970410013249I), Apr 10, 1997: Piper PA60602P (N700DJ), Orlando, FL, Minor damage. Narrative: while taxiing to FBO the pilots right knee bumped the landing gear handle into the gear up position. Nose gear collapsed causing minor damage.

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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