# Accident 20090113001929A: Piper PA32R300, Manteo, NC, January 13, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 13, 2009, 17:50 local time
- Place: Manteo, NC
- Airport: Dare County Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9119° N, 75.6919° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9119&lon=-75.6919&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7918C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7918C-2009-10-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 490 total, 370 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09CA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA134) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090113001929A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT N7918C (COMPLEX SE PIPER LANCE) WAS CLEARED FOR GPS RWY 23 APPROACH INTO MANTEO, NC (MQI) BY ATC AT 2240Z.  AWOS INDICATED WIND 360DEG. @ 9KTS, VIS. 4MI./RAIN, CEILING OVERCAST.  ATC RADAR SERVICE TERMINATED AT 2241Z.  APPROX. 2245, PILOT CONTACTED MQI CTAF, “INBOUND ON RWY. 23 GPS APPROACH” AND REQUESTED ADVISORIES WITH CONDITIONS AND CEILING.  MQI PERSONNEL UPDATED PILOT WITH WEATHER PER AWOS, “WIND 350DEG. @ 5KTS GUSTING 8KTS, CEILING 300’ BROKEN, 1100’ OVERCAST.  AFTER APPROACH, A/C FLEW DOWN LENGTH OF RUNWAY APPROX. 100’ AGL (LANDING DISTANCE AVAILABLE IS 4,000’).  PILOT STATED HE SAW RUNWAY 23 AND WAS GOING TO GO AROUND FOR RWY. 5 APPROACH (OPPOSITE RWY).  A/C THEN CIRCLED LEFT WHILE CLIMBING BACK INTO CLOUDS.  PILOT KEYED MICROPHONE CONTINUOUSLY (EVEN THOUGH AIRPORT WAS FULLY ILLUMINATED), STARTED DESCENT FOR LANDING AND TRANSMITTED, “LANCE 8C, 1 MILE FINAL RWY. 5” (A/C WAS ON SHORT FINAL, LOW ALT. FOR RWY 35 WHEN THIS OCCURRED).  PILOT WAS NOT AWARE OF LOWER THAN NORMAL ALT. UNTIL CLIPPING TREES AND IMPACTING A HOUSE ¾ MI. SHORT OF RWY.35.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS OR TECHNICAL IRREGULARITIES W/ A/C WHICH WAS DESTROYED.

## 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 ERA09CA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA134), Jan 13, 2009: Piper PA-32R-300 (N7918C), Manteo, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to follow the missed approach procedure while landing with a low ceiling.

## Other reports on N7918C (1)

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

- [Incident 19890301017789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890301017789I), Mar 1, 1989: Piper PA32R300 (N7918C), Nashville, TN, Minor damage. Complete electrical failure. Unable to lower gear. Landed gear up. Gear out of rig.

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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