- Date
- August 10, 1987, 22:30 local (Aug 11, 1987, 02:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ellenville, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8337TPiper PA-32R-301T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report February 14, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870810043959A
- Case key
- 30714
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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 pilot lost directional control during takeoff at Ellenville airport and the aircraft ran off the runway colliding with trees and was demolished. No mechanical or structural problems were found during investigation of acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8337T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R-301T (PA-32R-301)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32R8129039
- Airframe hours
- 659
- Engine
- Lycoming TI0-54O-S1AD, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Shel Don Leasing Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- POU · Poughkeepsie, NY
- Destination
- LHJ · Ellenville, NY
- Airport
- N89 · Ellenville, runway 4, 3,840 × 60 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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 785 total · 130 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.