# Accident 20170509008729A: Piper PA-23-250, Fremont, OH, May 9, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 2017, 16:00 local time
- Place: Fremont, OH
- Airport: Fremont
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3344° N, 83.1647° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3344&lon=-83.1647&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63944, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63944-2017-08-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23-250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 780 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA282](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA282) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170509008729A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS ON A VISUAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 09 AT FREMONT AIRPORT (14G). ON SHORT FINAL THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH A TRACTOR TRAILER TRUCK THAT WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON STATE ROUTE 53. THE LEFT AND RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUCK THE TRAILER CAUSING THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR TO SEPARATE AND BECOME EMBEDDED IN THE TRAILER. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO THE RUNWAY TOUCHING DOWN ON THE PAVED SURFACE OF THE RUNWAY. UPON TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT SWERVED TO THE LEFT WHEN THE LEFT MAIN GEAR SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT LEFT THE PAVED SURFACE OF THE RUNWAY. THE NOSEWHEEL OF THE AIRCRAFT SEPARATED DURING THE SKID IN THE GRASS. BOTH ENGINES AND PROPELLERS WERE DAMANGED. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST  IN THE GRASS AREA APPROXIMATELY 700 FEET FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY.

## 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 GAA17CA282](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA282), May 9, 2017: Piper PA23 (N63944), Fremont, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain an adequate glidepath during approach, which resulted in an impact with a semi-truck.

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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