- Date
- July 18, 1985, 19:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Livingston, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5739HPiper PA-16
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850718032269A
- Case key
- 35921
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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.
Analysis
The acft departed the right side of the rwy where it collided with a corn crop during a landing roll. The acft owner, a pvt plt, stated a mechanic on board was flying at the time of the accident. The mechanic stated that the owner was at the controls when the accident occurred.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5739H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-16
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 16-351
- Airframe hours
- 1,461
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C1, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John Sanders
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 11, 1983 · 18 hours before
- Airport
- NKO2 · Green Acres, runway 1, 2,090 × 90 ft, grass/turf
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 168 total · 95 in this make and model · 133 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.