# NTSB NYC02LA170: Piper PA-24-260, N9030P, New Bedford, MA, August 19, 2002 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: August 19, 2002, 13:20 local (17:20 UTC) - Place: New Bedford, MA - Coordinates: 41.682498, -70.961669 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6825&lon=-70.9617&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report February 5, 2004 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: FAA - NTSB case key (mKey): 55519 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC02LA170 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/55519/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC02LA170 ## Probable cause The 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). - Undershoot, landing - proper touchdown point - not obtained, pilot in command (cause) - remedial action - delayed, pilot in command(cfi) (cause) ## Analysis The pilot was instructed by the certified flight instructor (CFI) to perform a short field landing. While on final approach to the runway, the airplane was slowed "close to stall." When it appeared that the airplane was not going to make the runway, the CFI advised the pilot to add power. Unable to recover from the descent with power, the airplane touched down in a grassy area 15 feet prior to the runway threshold. The airplane continued onto the runway, where the nose landing gear sheared from the fuselage, and the main landing gear collapsed. ## Factual narrative On August 19, 2002, about 1320 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-24-260, N9030P, was substantially damaged while landing at the New Bedford Regional Airport (EWB), New Bedford, Massachusetts. The certified flight instructor (CFI) and private pilot were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the instructional flight 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 CFI instructed the him to plan on completing the landing, to a full stop, prior to the third centerline stripe. While on final approach to runway 14, with the private pilot at the controls, the airplane was slowed "close to stall." When it appeared that the airplane was not going to make the runway, the CFI advised the pilot to add power. Unable to recover from the descent with power, the airplane touched down in a grass area 15 feet prior to the runway threshold. The airplane continued onto the runway, where the nose landing gear sheared from the fuselage, and the main landing gear collapsed. A Federal Aviation Administration inspector examined the airplane after the accident, and observed substantial damage to the left wing spar. The winds reported at EWB, about the time of the accident, were variable at 4 knots. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N9030P](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9030P), registered now, S/N 24-4492 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Piper PA-24-260 - Registry model: [Piper PA-24-260](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (registry code 7102406) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 24-4492 - Airframe hours: 7125 - Engines: Lycoming O540-E4A5 260 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Registered owner: Robert R. Venusti - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, July 24, 2002, 1 hours before - Departed: EWB, New Bedford, MA - Airport: EWB, New Bedford Regional, runway 14, 5,000 × 150 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Flight instructor; age 25; injuries: none; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1; seat: right; flight hours: 300 total, 0 in this make and model - Pilot; age 64; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; last flight review August 19, 2002; seat: left; flight hours: 1,332 total, 597 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: variable at 4 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 88 °F, dew point 63 °F - Altimeter: 29.87 inHg - Observed at: EWB ## 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 20020819023669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020819023669A), Aug 19, 2002: Piper PA24260, New Bedford, MA, Substantial damage. (-23) Mr. Venusti was receiving a flight review from Mr. Rigues, flight instructor, when he was told to execute a short field landing. When he got too low the… ## Other investigations on N9030P (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 DEN70DQA09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN70DQA09), Mar 15, 1970: Piper PA-24 (N9030P), Taos, NM, substantial damage 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. 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