# Incident 20170619018989I: Piper PA-23-250, Fishers Island, NY, June 19, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 19, 2017, 17:00 local time
- Place: Fishers Island, NY
- Airport: Elizabeth Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2521° N, 72.0316° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELIZABETH FLD (0B8), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2521&lon=-72.0316&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52WW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N52WW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540-C4B5 (registry code 41651, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-c4b5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23-250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 325 total, 135 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170619018989I

## Narrative

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

ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 12 AT ELIZABETH FIELD FISHERS ISLAND, NY 0B8 THE PIC EXPLAINED THAT HE HAD A RIGHT CROSSWIND AND FLEW THE APPROACH AT 90-95 KNOTS WITH 15 DEGREES OF FLAPS OUT OF 50 AVAILABLE. HE AIMED FOR THE RUNWAY NUMBERS AND TOUCHED DOWN JUST AFTER THE NUMBERS IN A NORMAL FASHION. HE ATTEMPTED TO SLOW THE AIRCRAFT DOWN BY APPLYING BRAKE PRESSURE BUT THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT SLOW DOWN AS QUICKLY AS NEEDED SO HE APPLIED MORE BRAKE PRESSURE. EVENTUALLY HE REALIZED HE COULD NOT EXECUTE A GO AROUND AND DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH RUNWAY LEFT TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. HE INTENTIONALLY VEERED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE LEFT ONTO THE GRASS ABUTTING THE RUNWAY SAFETY AREA AT THE END OF RUNWAY 12. HE EXPLAINED HE MOVED THE MIXTURE CONTROLS TO IDLE CUTOFF JUST PRIOR TO LEAVING THE PAVED SURFACE AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSEWHEEL, BENT LEFT PROPELLER, AND IMPERFECTIONS TO THE RIGHT PROPELLER.  THE AIRCRAFT IS CURRENTLY STILL LOCATED AT FISHERS ISLAND AIRPORT WITH NO IMMEDIATE PLAN TO REPAIR AND MOVE THE AIRCRAFT.  THE PIC IS BEING GIVEN A REEXAMINATION 44709 CHECKRIDE FOR NORMAL, SHORT FIELD, CROSSWIND LANDINGS, AND AERONAUTICAL DECISION MAKING.

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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