- Date
- February 19, 1993, 20:00 local (Feb 20, 1993, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hudson, NY
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N999HFPiper PA-32-260
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930219003079A
- Case key
- 11902
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain directional control, which resulted in an advertent ground swerve. The snowbank was a related factor.
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.
Analysis
It was a dark night when the pilot touched down on runway 3. He stated that he touched down on the centerline, and he applied the brakes as the airplanes' speed decreased. A few seconds later he said that the airplane began to swerve, so he stopped all braking for a moment then he reapplied the brakes with more pressure in the right brake and rudder, as the left main gear was on a rough icy area off the left side of the runway. He stated that the airplane straightened out and was starting to veer towards the centerline; however, the left wing struck a snowbank on the left side, and the airplane spun to the left into a pile of snow collapsing the left main gear and subsequently the nose gear. The pilot reported that there was no mechanical malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N999HF
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-260
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-663
- Airframe hours
- 3,174
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-04B5, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Stanley Rothman
- Registered owner
- Gerald Gorman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 19, 1992 · 28 hours before
- Departed
- 44N · Millbrook, NY
- Airport
- 1B1 · Columbia County, runway 3, 5,001 × 75 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,192 total · 50 in this make and model · 1,172 as pilot in command · 32 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 270° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 12 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ALB, 1 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.