- Date
- November 10, 1985, 21:49 local (Nov 11, 1985, 02:49 UTC)
- Place
- West Chester, PA
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4313TPiper PA-32R-301T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851110076279A
- Case key
- 30262
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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
A practice VOR apch was made to the arpt. Afterwards a landing was attempted on rwy 27. A G0 around was made when the acft was too high on final. A second landing attempt was made. According to the CFI, while on final the student was headed for a touchdown point just beyond the white rwy lights. The CFI saw what appeared to be a ball ahead of the acft. A go around was attempted just as collision with power lines occurred. The acft touched down short of the rwy and slid to a stop left of the rwy. Rwy 27 is 3012 ft long with a 65 ft displaced threshold. The power lines are located about 150 ft from and about 10 ft above rwy 27. The student landed at the arpt at night two days before the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4313T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R-301T (PA-32R-301)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32R-83130024
- Airframe hours
- 261
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dawn Aeronautics
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · September 15, 1985
- Departed
- ILG · Wilmington, DE
- Destination
- N99 · West Chester, PA
- Airport
- N99 · Brandywind, runway 27, 2,580 × 150 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
- 55
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,802 total · 559 in this make and model · 1,802 as pilot in command · 184 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 180° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- 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.