# NTSB NYC71FHA21: Piper PA-24, N6541P, Easton, PA, November 9, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: November 9, 1970
- Place: Easton, PA · EASTON, PA
- Location: 40.6861° N, 75.2181° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Easton, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6861&lon=-75.2181&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 24, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 158942
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC71FHA21
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC71FHA21

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4205   70/11/9   EASTON,PA           PIPER PA-24         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 47, 1262
        TIME - 0945                    N6541P              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 182 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - EASTON
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          SOMERSET,NJ                 EASTON,PA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
           MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION
        FACTOR(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: GROUND SIGNALMAN
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND
           TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
        REMARKS- RCVD ARPT ADVY,UNICOM.DURG APCH ELECT CO FLAGMAN ON RWY FLAGGED ACFT.UNICOM NOT USED,LNDD OTR RWY.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6541P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6541P-1999-01-15), registration cancelled 1999-01-15, S/N 241663 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24
- Registry model: [Piper PA-24-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (registry code 7102404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Easton

## Other investigations on N6541P (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 CHI96WA204](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96WA204), Jun 15, 1996: Piper PA-24-250 (N6541P), Pelican Narrows, Canada, destroyed, 1 fatal

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.

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