- Date
- November 9, 1983, 18:40 local (23:40 UTC)
- Place
- Syracuse, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1323TPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831109056719A
- Case key
- 35464
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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 acft collided with approach lights during a landing approach. The plt executed a go-around and landed without further incident. The acft was damaged in the collision. An accident report was not filed by the plt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1323T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7225462
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Douglas Ellison
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Marcellus, NY
- Destination
- SYR · Syracuse, NY
- Airport
- Hancock, runway 10, 9,005 × 150 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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N1323T · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.