# NTSB NYC82DA088: Piper PA-24-250, N8355P, Farmingdale, NY, May 1, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: May 1, 1982, 11:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place: Farmingdale, NY
- Coordinates: 40.729557, -73.440582 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7296&lon=-73.4406&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 1, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70670
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC82DA088
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70670/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82DA088

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear - overload (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED THAT A GUST OF WIND CAUGHT THE LEFT WING OF THE AIRCRAFT DURING LANDING. THIS RESULTED IN A HARD LANDING AND THE COLLAPSE OF THE RIGHT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8355P](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8355P), registered now, S/N 24-3580, built 1963 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-250
- Registry model: [Piper PA-24-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (registry code 7102404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 24-3580
- Airframe hours: 1497
- Engines: LYCOMING O-540-A1D5 250 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Betty Klaire
- Registered owner: Betty Klaire
- Departed: MT. POCONO, PA
- Destination: FARMINGDALE, NY
- Airport: FRG, Farmingdale, runway 32, 6,826 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 52; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 620 total, 250 in this make and model, 237 as pilot in command, 150 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 15 statute miles

## 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 19820501015609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820501015609A), May 1, 1982: Piper PA24250, Farmingdale, NY, Substantial damage. Gear collapsed during hard landing causing 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.

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