# NTSB NYC87LA171: Piper PA-24-180, N5060P, Middlesex, NY, June 10, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 10, 1987, 18:55 local (22:55 UTC)
- Place: Middlesex, NY
- Coordinates: 42.699542, -77.270088 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6995&lon=-77.2701&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 16, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30668
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC87LA171
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30668/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87LA171

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - wet (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - rising (contributing factor)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED THAT A NORMAL T/D WAS MADE AT 75 MPH ABT 1/3RD OF THE WAY DOWN THE RWY. DURING ROLLOUT, THE ACFT WENT THROUGH A DIP AND BECAME AIRBORNE AGAIN. AFTER TOUCHING DOWN AGAIN, BRAKES WERE APPLIED BUT THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT STOP ON THE WET, FRESHLY MOWED GRASS. THE ACFT RAN OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY COLLIDING WITH A TREE STUMP.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5060P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5060P-2013-02-27), registration cancelled 2013-02-27, S/N 2366 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-180
- Registry model: [Botteron T L Q2](https://openairdocs.org/model/botteron-t-l-q2) (registry code 05645A8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 2466
- Airframe hours: 1689
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-A1A 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Clark W. Rath
- Registered owner: Wayne Enterprises
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 13, 1987
- Airport: Middlesex, runway 17, 2,200 ×  ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 57; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 386 total, 184 in this make and model, 259 as pilot in command, 6 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 39 °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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870610057569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870610057569A), Jun 10, 1987: Piper PA24, Middlesex, NY, Substantial damage. Landed long and fast on the wet grass runway. Unable to stop. Slid sideways into tree stumps at end of runway.

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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