# Accident 20160810014259A: Piper PA-28-181, Hamburg, NY, August 10, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 2016, 20:30 local time
- Place: Hamburg, NY
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6967° N, 78.9153° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6967&lon=-78.9153&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2259Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2259Q-2018-11-06) (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 PA-28-181
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 374 total, 210 in this make and model, 61 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA427](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA427) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160810014259A

## Narrative

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

PILOT HAD TROUBLE FINDING AIRPORT. WHEN THE PILOT SAW THE AIRPORT THE PILOT COMMENCED WITH A LANDING AT A HIGHER THAN NORMAL AIRSPEED. PILOT SLIPPED THE AIRCRAFT TO BLEED OFF SPEED AND LANDED 1/2 TO 3/4 OF THE WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY. A GO AROUND WAS NOT PERFORMED BECAUSE THE PILOT THOUGHT THE AIRCRAFT WOULD CONTACT TREES NEAR THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS STEERED ACROSS GRASS AND ONTO A ROAD TO AVOID  GOING OVER A STEEP CLIFF. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON A ROAD WITH A COLLAPSED RIGHT LANDING GEAR, BENT PROPELLER, BENT FIRE WALL BRACE AND THE RIGHT WING TIP UNDER A GUARD RAIL.

## 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 GAA16CA427](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA427), Aug 11, 2016: Piper PA28 (N2259Q), Hamburg, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to perform a go-around, which resulted in a landing area overshoot, a runway overrun, a landing gear collapse, and a collision with a guard rail.

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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