# NTSB NYC84LA168: Piper PA-28-180, N33339, Montrose, PA, May 12, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 11, 1984, 20:00 local (May 12, 1984, 00:00 UTC)
- Place: Montrose, PA
- Coordinates: 41.830711, -75.870582 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8307&lon=-75.8706&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): 35554
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84LA168
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35554/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA168

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, go-around (vfr)
  - clearance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## Analysis

PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON A 2200 FOOT GRASS RUNWAY. THE PLT OVERSHOT THE RUNWAY AND ATTEMPTED TO GO-AROUND. THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH TREES AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N33339 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-180
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-7505134
- Airframe hours: 6500
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: William R. Sterner
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: BUTLER, PA
- Destination: MONTROSE, PA
- Airport: 35N, Zaverton

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 30; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: unknown; seat: left; flight hours: 170 total, 170 in this make and model, 113 as pilot in command, 52 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 135° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 50 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## 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 19840511018629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840511018629A), May 11, 1984: Piper PA28180, Montrose, PA, Substantial damage. Unable stop on short grass strip. Made belated go around. Struck trees off end of 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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