# NTSB NYC87LA094: Piper PA-28-180, N3967R, Colebrook, NH, February 22, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 22, 1987, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place: Colebrook, NH
- Location: 44.8949° N, 71.4944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Colebrook, NH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8949&lon=-71.4944&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 3 minor
- Status: Completed, report October 25, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30611
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC87LA094
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30611/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87LA094

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper touchdown point - not used, pilot in command (cause)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - icy (contributing factor)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing
  - terrain condition - snowbank (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PLT RPRTD THAT AFTER ARRIVING, THE WIND SHIFTED TO THE NE, BUT HE ELECTED TO LAND ON RWY 21 'BECAUSE OF A FROST HEAVE.'  SUBSEQUENTLY, HE LANDED LONG TO AVOID THE FROST HEAVE, BUT WAS UNABLE TO STOP ON THE ICY RWY. THE ACFT CONTD OFF THE DEPARTURE END & RAN INTO A SNOWBANK & DITCH. IN RETROSPECT, THE PLT BELIEVED HE SHOULD HAVE MADE A GO-AROUND & LANDED INTO THE WIND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N3967R (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-180
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 287105073
- Airframe hours: 1883
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-A4A 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Osprey Flying Club
- Registered owner: Osprey Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: BML, BERLIN, NH
- Destination: NHO2
- Airport: NHO2, Colebrook, runway 21, 2,300 × 50 ft, ice

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 164 total, 20 in this make and model, 115 as pilot in command, 5 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: variable at 10 knots
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 19 °F

## 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 19870222077659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870222077659A), Feb 22, 1987: Piper PA28180, Colebrook, NH, Substantial damage. Trying to avoid a frost heave in the runway. Landed long and ran off the runway end into a snowbank and a ditch.

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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