# NTSB NYC88LA064: Piper PA-23-250, N62554, Atlantic City, NJ, January 8, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 8, 1988, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place: Atlantic City, NJ
- Location: 39.3773° N, 74.4511° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Atlantic City, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3773&lon=-74.4511&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor, 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 10, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 36082
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC88LA064
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/36082/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA064

## Sequence of events

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

- Gear not extended, landing - flare/touchdown
  - light condition - night (contributing factor)
  - gear extension - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - checklist - not used, pilot in command (cause)
  - inadequate surveillance of operation, faa(organization)

## Analysis

THE PIPER PA-23-250 MADE AN INSTRUMENT APPROACH TO THE AIRPORT. THE PILOT SAID HE LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN, HOWEVER, BOTH PROPELLERS STRUCK THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT TRIED TO MAKE A GO-AROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO VEER TO THE LEFT. THE PILOT REDUCED POWER AND THE AIRCRAFT MADE CONTACT WITH THE DIRT OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT AND 2 PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. TWO PASSENGERS RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. POST-CRASH EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT SHOWED THE LANDING GEAR AND LANDING GEAR LIGHTS AND WARNING HORN WORKED PROPERLY, AND THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS RETRACTED WHEN THE A/C TOUCHED DOWN. NO MALFUNCTION COULD BE FOUND. THE PILOT HELD A VALID MEDICAL, HOWEVER, HIS PILOT CERTIFICATE WAS COMMERCIAL PRIVILAGES ASEL AND PRIVATE PRIVILAGES AMEL. HE HAD RECEIVED SEVERAL CHECKRIDES FROM THE FAA IN MULTI-ENGINE A/C UNDER 14 CFR 135 ALLOWING HIM TO OPERATE AS PIC IN MULTI-ENGINE A/C WITHOUT THIS BEING DISCOVERED BY THE FAA.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N62554](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N62554-1990-08-14), registration cancelled 1990-08-14, S/N 277654035 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23-250
- Registry model: [Piper PA-23-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (registry code 7102308) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 277654035
- Airframe hours: 4400
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-540 250 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: Air Newark
- Registered owner: Teterboro Travel By Air, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: MSV, MONTICELLO, NY
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: AIY, Bader Field, runway 11, 2,950 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 48; private, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 3,900 total, 710 in this make and model, 3,525 as pilot in command, 45 in the last 90 days, 36 in the last 30 days, 15 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 350° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 600 ft overcast
- Temperature: 28 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: AIY

## 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 19880108048899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880108048899A), Jan 8, 1988: Piper PA23250, Atlantic City, NJ, Substantial damage. Tried to go around when props began hitting runway, veered off and landed gear up. Not rated multiengine air taxi.

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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