# Accident 20070409005709A: Piper PA32RT300T, Andrews, NC, April 9, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 2007, 00:31 local time
- Place: Andrews, NC
- Airport: Andrews-Murphy Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1947° N, 83.8703° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1947&lon=-83.8703&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21423, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N21423-2011-08-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300T (registry code 7103216, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300T
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL07FA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL07FA069) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070409005709A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS MAKING AN APPROACH TO RWY 8 AT ANDREWS MURPHY AIRPORT, ANDREW, NORTH CAROLINA FOR LANDING. IT APPEARS HE OVERSHOT THE RUNWAY AND COLLIDED WITH POWER LINES, CABLE TV LINES AND THE GROUND. A POST CRASH FIRE DESTROYED THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT AND THE REAR PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED. THE PILOT RATED PASSENGER IN THE RIGHT FRONT SEAT WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED.

## 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 ATL07FA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL07FA069), Apr 9, 2007: Piper PA-32RT-300T (N21423), Andrews, NC, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudgment of distance and altitude during a night approach for landing, resulting in an in flight collision with wires and the ground.

## Other reports on N21423 (2)

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

- [Incident 20030523014729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030523014729I), May 23, 2003: Piper PA32RT300T (N21423), St Petersburg-C, FL, Minor damage. (-23) On may 23, 2003, at 1150, EDT, a Piper PA-32-300T, registered to william cribbs, landed with an unsafe nose gear indication and the nose gear collapsed.…
- [Incident 20000326002279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000326002279I), Mar 26, 2000: Piper PA32RT300T (N21423), Franklin, NC, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot departed neil armstrong airport, oh (axv) VFR to Macon County Airport, NC(1A5). Pilot stated he had previous problem extending gear and had…

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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