# NTSB NYC85LA036: Piper PA-24-250, N7453P, Meriden, CT, December 2, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 2, 1984, 17:55 local (22:55 UTC)
- Place: Meriden, CT
- Location: 41.5087° N, 72.8295° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERIDEN MARKHAM MUNI (MMK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5087&lon=-72.8295&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35656
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC85LA036
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35656/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA036

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - precautionary landing - performed, pilot in command
  - altitude - misjudged, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - anxiety/apprehension, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)

## Analysis

WHILE IN CRUISE, PLT HEARD AN ABNORMAL SOUND FROM THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND HAVING HAD PREVIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THE NEWLY-INSTALLED ENGINE, ELECTED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AT A NEARBY ARPT TO INVESTIGATE. PLT STATED HE LANDED LONG AND WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE ACFT BEFORE RUNNING OFF THE END OF THE PREPARED SURFACE. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE UNDERCARRIAGE ATTACH FITTING WAS INCURRED DUE TO ROUGH TERRAIN.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7453P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7453P-2013-05-08), registration cancelled 2013-05-08, S/N 24-2642, built 1961 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-250
- Registry model: [Piper PA-24-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (registry code 7102404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 24-2642
- Airframe hours: 3841
- Engines: LYCOMING O-540-A1A5 250 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Sayles, Robert
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, July 21, 1984
- Departed: HVN, NEW HAVEN, CT
- Airport: MMK, Meriden, runway 36, 3,058 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 54; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 5,099 total, 1,510 in this make and model, 5,016 as pilot in command, 75 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- 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 19841202064349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841202064349A), Dec 2, 1984: Piper PA24250, Meriden, CT, Substantial damage. Heard strange noise from engine compartment. Precautionary landing. Landed long, ran off end of the runway.

## Other investigations on N7453P (1)

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 NYC72FNA33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC72FNA33), Feb 15, 1972: Piper PA-24 (N7453P), Norwood, MA, 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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