# NTSB NYC83LA073: Piper PA-32R-300, N38389, Quakertown, PA, February 28, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 28, 1983, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Quakertown, PA
- Coordinates: 40.430255, -75.340736 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4303&lon=-75.3407&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35158
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC83LA073
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35158/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83LA073

## Sequence of events

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

- Undershoot, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - altitude - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 1 FT SHORT OF THE RWY. THE LEFT GEAR & WING WAS DAMAGED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N38389](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N38389-1990-10-29), registration cancelled 1990-10-29, S/N 32R7780423 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32R-300
- Registry model: [Piper PA-32R-300](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (registry code 7103213) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28R7780423
- Airframe hours: 1737
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-540-K1A5 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: North East Airways
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 12, 1982, 0 hours before
- Departed: BWI, BALTIMORE, MD
- Destination: UKT, QUAKERTOWN, PA
- Airport: UKT, Quakertown, runway 29, 3,200 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 19; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 539 total, 56 in this make and model, 328 as pilot in command, 46 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 6,000 ft overcast

## 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 19830228006799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830228006799A), Feb 28, 1983: Piper PA32R300, Quakertown, PA, Substantial damage. Misjudged landing approach, struck a snowbank off approach end of the runway.

## Other investigations on N38389 (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 NYC90FA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC90FA051), Jan 19, 1990: Piper PA-32R-300 (N38389), Great Barrngton, MA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN PROPER ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FROM TREES WHILE DEPARTING FROM THE AIRPORT. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE PILOT'S INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT…

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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