# Accident 20081024853239A: Piper PA24260, Charlottesvill, VA, October 24, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 2008
- Place: Charlottesvill, VA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9403° N, 78.5486° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9403&lon=-78.5486&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8820P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8820P-2009-04-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09FA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09FA029) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081024853239A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS BEING VECTORED FOR THE ILS RUNWAY 3 APPROACH AT KCHO. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROXIMATELY 12 MILES TO THE SOUTHWEST OF KCHO THE PILOT RADIOED A MAYDAY. THE INVESTIGATION APPEARS TO FOCUS ON THE HORIZONTAL STABILATOR DEPARTING THE AIRCRAFT IN FLIGHT.

## 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 ERA09FA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09FA029), Oct 24, 2008: Piper PA-24 (N8820P), Red Hill, VA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control due to an improper repair to the stabilator, which resulted in an in-flight failure of the stabilator. Contributing to the accident was the descent in…

## Other reports on N8820P (1)

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

- [Accident 19800330007219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800330007219A), Mar 30, 1980: Piper PA24260 (N8820P), Havre, MT, Substantial damage. Encountered freezing rain on VFR departure. Made IFR return to field. Iced up on approach. Stall landed.

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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