# Accident 20250922017669A: Piper PA-32R-300, Westchester, NY, September 22, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 2025, 20:55 local time
- Place: Westchester, NY
- Airport: Westchester County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0717° N, 73.7106° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0717&lon=-73.7106&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47630, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N47630) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32R-300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,655 total, 2,532 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25LA363](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA363) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250922017669A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 22, 2025, AT APPROXIMATLEY 2055HRS WHILE ON LANDING APPROACH AT HPN ABOVE MENTIONED AIRCRAFT DID STRIKE THE 600FT, 400FT AND 200FT AND RUNWAY THRESHOLD MARKER LIGHTS CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WHILE LANDING SHORT EVENTUALLY MAKING IT ON TO RUNWAY 16.  THE AIRCRAFT THEN TAXIED BACK TO THE ATLANTIC WEST RAMP AND PARKED WITHOUT NOTIFYING THE TOWER, OPERATIONS, NTSB OR FAA.

PILOT STATES:

ON MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 22, 2025, I WAS LANDING MY PIPER PA-32R-300 AIRCRAFT AT MY BASED AIRPORT OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY AIRPORT (KHPN) SHORTLY BEFORE 9 PM.  I WAS ON A STABILIZED VFR TO RUNWAY 16.  AS I TURNED FINAL, THE TOWER CLEARED AN A320 TO DEPART PRIOR TO MY LANDING.

CONCERNED ABOUT WAKE TURBULENCE, I ADVANCED MY PLANNED TOUCHDOWN POINT ON THE RUNWAY TO BEFORE THE EXPECTED ROTATION POINT OF THE AIRBUS.  THE TOWER ALSO ADVISED OF MAINTENANCE CREWS AND EQUIPMENT TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY.  AS I LOOKED FOR THE MAINTENANCE CREWS DESCRIBED BY THE TOWER AND RECONFIGURED THE AIRCRAFT FOR A SHORTER TOUCH-DOWN POINT, THE PITCH CHANGE RESULTED IN SUDDEN GLARE FROM THE VERY BRIGHT APPROACH LIGHTS. THE SUDDEN GLARE HARMED MY NIGHT VISION AND WERE MOMENTARILY DISORIENTING.  THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SINK AND I WAS CORRECTING WHEN I FELT A BUMP.

I CONTINUED THE LANDING NORMALLY AND TAXIED OFF 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 ERA25LA363](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA363), Sep 23, 2025: Piper PA-32R-300 (N47630), White Plains, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain proper glidepath during a night visual approach, which resulted in a collision with the runway lighting system. Contributing to the outcome was the pilot’s momentary…

## Other reports on N47630 (1)

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

- [Incident 19930602035529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930602035529I), Jun 2, 1993: Piper PA32R300 (N47630), Teterboro, NJ. Experienced electrical failure outside of ata. Continued toward airport. Inadequate pre-flight inspection.

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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