# Accident 20051214032059A: Piper PA46310P, Dunkirk, NY, December 14, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 14, 2005, 11:40 local time
- Place: Dunkirk, NY
- Airport: Chautauqua County/Dunkirk Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4933° N, 79.2719° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4933&lon=-79.2719&mi=10
- Aircraft: N302H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N302H-2006-08-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-46-310P (registry code 7104605, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-310p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46310P
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,100 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC06LA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06LA042) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051214032059A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 14, 2005, A PIPER MERIDIAN, PA 46-350P, N302H, REGISTERED TO LAKALA AVIATION, INC. AND OPERATED BY AN ATP PILOT, CANCELLED HIS IFR FLIGHT PLAN WITH BUFFALO AND CONTINUED TO DUNKIRK, NY UNDER VMC CONDITIONS AT 11:30 EST. THE PILOT CLAIMED HE MADE A CALL ON FREQUENCY 122.8 AND ALLEGEDLY RECEIVED ADVISORY TO LAND ON RUNWAY 6. THE DUNKIRK AIRPORT ADVISORY FREQUENCY IS 123.075, WHICH WAS IN THE PILOT'S OUT-OF-DATE APPROACH PLATES FOR DUNKIRK AIRPORT. AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 6, N302H CAME INTO CONTACT WITH N1WZ AT THE RUNWAY'S INTERSECTIONS OF 15 AND 6. THE AIRCRAFT ON RUNWAY 15, N1WZ CONTINUED TAXIING TO THE RAMP AFTER THE IMPACT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. N302H WAS TOWED TO THE RAMP. THE PILOT OF N302H MADE THE FLIGHT WITH OUT-OF-DATE PUBLICATIONS. THE AVIONICS TECHNICIAN AT THE DUNKIRK AIRPORT CHECKED THE RADIOS AND FOUND THEY WERE TUNED TO OTHER FREQUENCIES AND NOT DUNKIRK'S AIRPORT ADVISORY FREQUENCY.

## 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 NYC06LA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06LA042), Dec 14, 2005: Piper PA-46-310P (N302H), Dunkirk, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The Piper Malibu pilot's failure to use the correct radio frequency for traffic advisories, and his selection of the wrong, inactive runway, which resulted in an on-ground collision with another…

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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