- Date
- August 15, 1983, 12:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place
- Rangeley, ME
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N39934Piper PA-34-200T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830815040569A
- Case key
- 35252
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot stated that a downdraft was encountered on the approach and in adding power to counteract, the airspeed increased over the threshold as the downdraft subsided. The acft floated 1/3 down the 2700 ft rwy and the remaining 1800FT was insufficient to stop the acft. The acft continued off the end of the rwy into small trees shearing the landing gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N39934
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-200T
- Category
- Airplane
- Airframe hours
- 2,436
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360EB1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Aztec Air East
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 2, 1982 · 44 hours before
- Departed
- HVN · New Haven, CT
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 8BR · Rangeley, runway 32, 2,700 × 75 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,600 total · 300 in this make and model · 1,300 as pilot in command · 170 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.