# NTSB NYC85LA170: Piper PA-32R-301T, N8210H, Provincetown, MA, July 14, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 14, 1985, 18:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: Provincetown, MA
- Location: 42.0723° N, 70.2207° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PROVINCETOWN MUNI (PVC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0723&lon=-70.2207&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35908
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC85LA170
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35908/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA170

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - obscuration (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- Complete gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - loose gravel/sandy (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - landing gear - overload

## Analysis

DURING ARRIVAL, THE ACFT WAS VECTORED FOR AN ILS RWY 7 APCH WHICH WAS MADE WITH A TAIL WIND. ON HIS 1ST ATTEMPT, THE PLT MADE A MISSED APCH & WAS VECTORED FOR ANOTHER ILS. AFTER MAKING A 2ND APCH, HE LANDED. THE PLT STATED THAT WHILE HE WAS LANDING, HE MISTOOK THE RWY END LIGHTS & LIGHTS ON THE LOCALIZER ANTENNA AS LIGHTS ON ADDITIONAL RWY. WHEN HE RECOGNIZED THAT THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT RWY REMAINING, IT WAS TO LATE TO GO AROUND. UNABLE TO STOP ON THE REMAINING RWY, THE ACFT CONTINUED OFF THE END & ONTO SOFT SANDY TERRAIN WHERE THE GEAR COLLAPSED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8210H](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8210H), registered now, S/N 32R-8229054, built 1982 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32R-301T (PA-32R-301)
- Registry model: [Piper PA-32R-301](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301) (registry code 7103218) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming TI0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (registry code 41533, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 32R8229054
- Airframe hours: 670
- Engines: LYCOMING TIO-540-S1AD 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Oquossoc Associates
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: HYA, HYANNIS, MA
- Destination: PVC
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: PVC, Provicetown, runway 7, 3,498 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land, multi-engine sea; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 1,175 total, 310 in this make and model, 1,110 as pilot in command, 38 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: 220° at 16 knots
- Visibility: 2 statute miles
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: PVC

## 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 19850714031069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850714031069A), Jul 14, 1985: Piper PA32R301, Provincetown, MA, Substantial damage. The aircraft landed long and overran the runway. The landing was made downwind in obscured weather conditions.

## Other investigations on N8210H (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 NYC94LA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC94LA042), Dec 19, 1993: Piper PA-32-R-301T (N8210H), Norwood, MA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's delay in aborting the takeoff which resulted in a overrun of the runway. Factors were a snow covered runway, takeoff speed not attained, brakes not used, and a ditch.

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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