# Accident 20041125035109A: Piper PA28181, York, PA, November 25, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 25, 2004, 07:30 local time
- Place: York, PA
- Airport: York Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9169° N, 76.8728° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9169&lon=-76.8728&mi=10
- Aircraft: N720GP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N720GP) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4M
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 419 total, 316 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD05CA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05CA018) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041125035109A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ABORTED TAKE-OFF ON RUNWAY 17 AT THE YORK AIRPORT (THV), IN THOMASVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY D^ OVER RAN THE RUNWAY AND HIT A FENCE PAST THE END OF THE RUNWAY.

## 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 IAD05CA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05CA018), Nov 25, 2004: Piper PA 28-181 (N720GP), York, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate weather evaluation and his decision to depart from a rain-soaked runway with strong quartering tailwinds, which resulted in a runway overrun and collision with a fence during…

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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