# NTSB NYC85LA150: Piper PA-28-140, N55490, Red Hook, NY, June 15, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 15, 1985, 17:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Red Hook, NY
- Location: 41.9846° N, 73.8360° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Sky Park Airport (46N), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9846&lon=-73.8360&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35894
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC85LA150
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35894/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA150

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT CONTACTED TREES FOLLOWING A LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING A LANDING ROLL ON RWY 19.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N55490](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55490-2020-09-17), registration cancelled 2020-09-17, S/N 28-7325415, built 1973 (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: 28-7325415
- Airframe hours: 3060
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 62; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850615025519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850615025519A), Jun 15, 1985: Piper PA28140, Red Hook, NY, Substantial damage. Lost directional control during crosswind rollout and struck trees.

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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