- Date
- September 14, 1986, 10:40 local (14:40 UTC)
- Place
- Geneseo, NY
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7215PPiper PA-24-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860914045059A
- Case key
- 30420
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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 aircraft lost power on approach to Geneseo airport. Investigation did not reveal any preimpact malfunction/failure. Conditions conducive to carburetor icing existed at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7215P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-2385
- Airframe hours
- 3,790
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-A1A5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ews Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- N89 · Ellenville, NY
- Destination
- D52 · Geneseo, NY
- Airport
- D52 · Geneseo, runway 26, 3,100 × 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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 200 total · 200 in this make and model · 30 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N7215P · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.