# NTSB NYC83LA213: Piper PA-34-200T, N39934, Rangeley, ME, August 15, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 15, 1983, 12:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place: Rangeley, ME
- Location: 44.9659° N, 70.6521° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rangeley, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9659&lon=-70.6521&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor, 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35252
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC83LA213
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35252/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83LA213

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - weather condition - downdraft (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
- Complete gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,main gear strut - overload (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - overload (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N39934-2012-09-27), registration cancelled 2012-09-27, S/N 34-7870425, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-200T
- Registry model: [Piper PA-34-200T](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (registry code 7103406) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (registry code 17019, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Airframe hours: 2436
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830815040569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830815040569A), Aug 15, 1983: Piper PA34200T, Rangeley, ME, Substantial damage. During landing approach pilot added power to correct for downdraft. Aircraft ran off end of downslope runway.

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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