# Accident 20041025029819A: Piper PA23250, San Juan, Puerto Rico, October 25, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 2004, 16:54 local time
- Place: San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Airport: Isla Grande Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.4558° N, 66.1058° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4558&lon=-66.1058&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62711, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N62711-2011-04-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,740 total, 1,800 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA05LA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05LA013) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041025029819A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 10/25/2004 AT APPROXIMATELY 1654 LOCAL TIME THE PILOT IN COMMAND OF N62711 WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT ISLA GRANDE AIRPORT ON RUNWAY 9 IMPACTED THE SURFACE AND CRASH LANDED AT THRESHOLD. THE PILOT WAS GIVEN A SHORT APPROACH BY ATC. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE PILOT AND FIVE PASSENGERS SUSTAINED NO INJURIES. VMC CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF 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 MIA05LA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05LA013), Oct 25, 2004: Piper PA-23-250 (N62711), San Juan, PR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain airspeed while on base to final leg, which resulted in an inadvertent stall/mush and subsequent impact with the runway.

## Other reports on N62711 (1)

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

- [Accident 19950214001799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950214001799A), Feb 14, 1995: Piper PA23250 (N62711), Minneapolis, MN, Substantial damage. Ice on airframe and windshield resulted in hard landing. Severed landing gear and collision with runway sign. (-23) on second approach, with the windshield…

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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