# NTSB NYC84LA025: Piper PA-28-140, N1323T, Syracuse, NY, November 9, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 9, 1983, 18:40 local (23:40 UTC)
- Place: Syracuse, NY
- Location: 43.0413° N, 76.1432° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Syracuse, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0413&lon=-76.1432&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35464
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84LA025
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35464/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA025

## Sequence of events

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

- Undershoot, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - altitude - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with object, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - performed, pilot in command

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1323T-2017-10-28), registration cancelled 2017-10-28, S/N 28-7225462, built 1972 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-140
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-140](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (registry code 7102802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-7225462
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19831109056719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831109056719A), Nov 9, 1983: Piper PA28140, Syracuse, NY, Substantial damage. Collided with approach lights while on approach to land. Was able to go around and land safely.

## Other investigations on N1323T (2)

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 NYC90LA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC90LA128), Jun 12, 1990: Piper PA-28-140 (N1323T), Marcellus, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED AFTER TAKEOFF. A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR WAS THE THE UPSLOPE GRADIENT OF THE RUNWAY.
- [NTSB NYC74DFS24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74DFS24), Feb 10, 1974: Piper PA-28 (N1323T), Penn Yan, NY, 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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