- Date
- December 1, 1985, 15:20 local (20:20 UTC)
- Place
- Hazleton, PA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4324DPiper PA-34
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851201058549A
- Case key
- 30274
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Piper aircraft ran off the runway during landing at Hazleton Pennsylvania. According to the pilot the first approach was missed due to bad visibility. The flight returned to the initial aprroach fix for a second attempt. The pilot broke out of the clouds at about 700 ft, the pilot set full flaps and touched down about mid way down runway 28. The aircraft began to hyroplane on the wet surface. On applying power for go around, the right engine did not respond. The pilot reduced power to abort. The aircraft continued off the runway breaking one runway light, ground looped collapsing right main gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4324D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34-8433019
- Airframe hours
- 285
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kola
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 28, 1985
- Departed
- LNS · Lancaster, PA
- Destination
- HZL · Hazleton, PA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- HZL · Hazleton, runway 28, 4,900 × 90 ft, asphalt
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
- 65
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 28,140 total · 55 in this make and model · 27,750 as pilot in command · 123 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 12 knots, gusting 17
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 700 ft unknown
- Temperature
- 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.