# NTSB NYC87LA016: Piper PA-32, N42943, Poughkeepsie, NY, October 10, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 10, 1986, 13:32 local (17:32 UTC)
- Place: Poughkeepsie, NY
- Location: 41.6266° N, 73.8842° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HUDSON VALLEY RGNL (POU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6266&lon=-73.8842&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): 30547
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC87LA016
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30547/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87LA016

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,tire - burst (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - not possible, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE PIPER PA-32, LANDING WITH A 5 KNOT QUARTERING TAILWIND FROM THE RIGHT, RAN OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK THE WINDSOCK RECEIVING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PILOT AND 2 PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT UPON TOUCHDOWN HE FELT SOMETHING STRANGE ON THE LEFT SIDE TIRE AND COULD NOT KEEP THE AIRCRAFT STRAIGHT WITH THE RUDDER. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS EXAMINED IT WAS FOUND TO HAVE TWO FLAT MAIN TIRES.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N42943 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 32-8306019
- Airframe hours: 1038
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-540-K1GS 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: General Aviation
- Registered owner: Martin Staff
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Unknown, October 9, 1986
- Departed: TEB, TETERBORO, NJ
- Airport: POU, Dutchess Co., runway 15, 3,003 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; medical: class 2, unknown; seat: left; flight hours: 421 total, 13 in this make and model, 229 as pilot in command, 30 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 5 knots

## 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 19861010048539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861010048539A), Oct 10, 1986: Piper PA32301, Poughkeepsie, NY, Substantial damage. The aircraft veered off the runway during a downwind landing and hit the windsock. Both tires were found to be flat

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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