- Date
- June 15, 1985, 17:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Red Hook, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N55490Piper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850615025519A
- Case key
- 35894
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
On ground/water collision with object
Object - tree(s)Factor
Analysis
The acft contacted trees following a loss of directional control during a landing roll on rwy 19.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55490
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7325415
- Airframe hours
- 3,060
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kevin W. Reynolds
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 11, 1984 · 13 hours before
- Departed
- NY43 · Piseco, NY
- Airport
- 46N · Sky Park, runway 19, 2,666 × 30 ft, asphalt
N55490Registration cancelled Sep 17, 2020 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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
- Age
- 62
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 307 total · 307 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 10 knots, gusting 16
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- POU
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.