# Accident 20220531009199A: Piper PA-28-161, Simsbury, CT, May 31, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 2022, 19:30 local time
- Place: Simsbury, CT
- Airport: Simsbury
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9125° N, 72.7783° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9125&lon=-72.7783&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2973K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2973K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-161
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 309 total, 284 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA22LA253](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA253) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220531009199A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 31, 2022 AT APPROXIMATELY 1930 EST, CIVIL AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A PIPER AIRCRAFT MODEL PA-28-161, SERIAL NUMBER 28-8016007 WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WHEN THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 21 AND SUBSEQUENTLY IMPACTED A GREENHOUSE STRUCTURE IN A FIELD AT SIMSBURY AIRPORT (4B9) IN SIMSBURY, CONNECTICUT. ACCORDING TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, HE DEPARTED REPUBLIC AIRPORT (FRG), FARMINGDALE, NEW YORK, TO 4B9, FOR THE PURPOSE OF DROPPING OFF THE AIRCRAFT AT 4B9 FOR AN ANNUAL INSPECTION. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ON HIS SECOND LANDING ATTEMPT WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. ACCORDING TO A STATEMENT BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, HE ABORTED HIS FIRST ATTEMPT TO LAND AT 4B9 AND EXECUTED A GO-AROUND DUE TO THE APPROACH BEING CHOPPY AND CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO DESCEND. ON HIS SECOND ATTEMPT TO LAND HE STATED ?THE AIRPLANE FLOATED DOWN THE RUNWAY THEN TOUCHED DOWN? BUT HE REALIZED AFTER BRAKING HE WOULD BE UNABLE TO STOP BEFORE THE END OF THE RUNWAY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THEN STATED HE APPLIED POWER TO GO-AROUND BUT THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT CLIMB AND DEPARTED THE END OF THE RUNWAY INTO THE FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELLED APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET FROM THE END OF THE PAVED PORTION OF RUNWAY 21 BEFORE IT IMPACTED A METAL AND WOODEN STRUCTURED GREENHOUSE. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO ONE PROPELLER, THE ENGINE MOUNT, THE FIREWALL, LEADING EDGE OF BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT WINGS, DAMAGE TO BOTH FLAPS AND NOSE LANDING GEAR. THERE WAS NO

DAMAGE TO THE RUNWAY OR OTHER AIRPORT STRUCTURES. THERE WAS DAMAGE SUSTAINED TO PRIVATE PROPERTY TO INCLUDE THE FARM FIELD AND GREENHOUSE.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, SUSTAINED NO INJURIES. THERE WERE NO OTHER PERSONS OR AIRCRAFT INVOLVED IN THIS ACCIDENT.

## 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 ERA22LA253](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA253), May 31, 2022: Piper PA28 (N2973K), Simsbury, CT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s delayed decision to abort the landing, which resulted in a runway overrun.

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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