- Date
- May 29, 1992, 17:50 local (21:50 UTC)
- Place
- Danbury, CT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N94RCPiper PA-60-602P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920529017269A
- Case key
- 11803
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
The national transportation safety board determines the probable cause of the accident was the pilot misjudged distance and altitude which resulted in an overrun of the runway.
Analysis
The pilot reported that as he approached the airport, the ATIS frequency indicated runway 35, the shorter of the airport's two runway, was active. He radioed the tower controller and requested to use the longer runway; however, by the time the controller responded, the pilot had already entered the traffic pattern for runway 35. He decided to remain in the pattern and land on runway 35. The pilot said he touched down long and overran the runway. The acft left landing gear collapsed and the left wing struck the ground. The acft came to rest in soft dirt near the airport bounday fence.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N94RC
- Reported as
- Piper PA-60-602P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 60-8365001
- Airframe hours
- 1,700
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-S1A5, 350 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert N. Chester
- Registered owner
- Robert N. Chester
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 23, 1991 · 70 hours before
- Departed
- BHB · Bar Harbor, ME
- Airport
- DXR · Danbury Municipal Airport, runway 35, 3,100 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,193 total · 696 in this make and model · 2,029 as pilot in command · 47 in the last 90 days · 28 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DXR, 999 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.