# NTSB NYC00LA111: Piper PA-32R-301, N8041B, East Haddam, CT, March 30, 2000 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: March 30, 2000, 15:45 local (20:45 UTC) - Place: East Haddam, CT - Location: 41.4457° N, 72.4556° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GOODSPEED (42B), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4457&lon=-72.4556&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report April 19, 2001 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 48925 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC00LA111 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/48925/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA111 ## Probable cause The private pilots failure to obtain the proper touchdown point and the CFI's delay in remedial action. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - proper touchdown point - not attained, copilot/second pilot (cause) - remedial action - delayed, pilot in command(cfi) (cause) ## Analysis The private pilot and a certificated flight instructor were conducting a flight review. While on final approach to the runway, the airplane passed over trees and began to sink. The pilot receiving the flight review was unable to recover from the sink with power and the airplane touched down in a field about 60 feet prior to the runway threshold, collapsing the left main landing gear. The airplane continued onto the runway, veered to the left, and back onto the grass, collapsing the right main and nose landing gear. ## Factual narrative On March 30, 2000, about 1545 Eastern Standard Time, a Piper PA-32R-301, N8041B, was substantially damaged while landing at the Goodspeed Airport (42B), East Haddam, Connecticut. The certificated flight instructor (CFI), and the certificated private pilot were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and an instrument rules fight plan was filed for the flight that departed from Igor I Sikorsky Memorial Airport, Bridgeport, Connecticut. The instructional flight was conducted under 14 CFR Part 91. According to the private pilot, a biennial flight review was being conducted, which was to include a short field landing. The airplane was flown to 42B to conduct the short field landing and the private pilot had expected to land on Runway 14, because the winds had been from a southerly direction. After flying over the airport, the windsock was observed to favor Runway 32. While on final to Runway 32, the airplane passed over trees and began to sink. Unable to recover from the sink with power, the airplane touched down in a field about 60 feet prior to the runway threshold and collapsed the left main landing gear. The airplane continued onto the runway, veered to the left, and back onto the grass, collapsing the right main and nose landing gear. The winds reported at an airport 17 miles to the northwest of 42B, at 1556, were from 330 degrees at 7 knots. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N8041B](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8041B), registered now, S/N 32R-8213022, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Piper PA-32R-301 - Registry model: [Piper PA-32R-301](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301) (registry code 7103218) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (registry code 41530, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 32R-8213022 - Engines: Lycoming IO-540-K165D 300 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Registered owner: Rww Aircraft Corporation - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, February 4, 2000 - Departed: BDR, BRIDGEPORT, CT - Destination: 42B - Flight plan: IFR - Airport: 42B, Goodspeed Airport, runway 32, 2,120 × 50 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 51; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: right; flight hours: 2,261 total, 16 in this make and model, 2,174 as pilot in command, 29 in the last 90 days, 15 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 330° at 7 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 8,000 ft overcast - Temperature: 54 °F, dew point 30 °F - Altimeter: 29.00 inHg - Observed at: MMK, 17 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 (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20000330040059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000330040059A), Mar 30, 2000: Piper PA32R301, East Haddam, CT, Substantial damage. (.4)On March 30, 2000, about 1545 eastern standard time, a Piper PA-32R-301, N8041B, was substantially damaged while landing at the Goodspeed Airport (42B),… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.