- Date
- February 11, 1988, 21:10 local (Feb 12, 1988, 02:10 UTC)
- Place
- Chatham, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9281PPiper PA-24-260
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880212002329A
- Case key
- 36095
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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
After aborting two landings on runway 24 at Chatham, Massachusetts, the pilot was advised by radio to use runway 6. While attempting a landing on runway 6, the airplane touched down short of the runway and the landing gear was sheared off when it struck a grass knoll. The airplane skidded to a stop on its belly.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9281P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-260
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-4781
- Airframe hours
- 1,391
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-D4A5, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ron Girelli
- Registered owner
- Ronald A Girelli
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- FRG · Farmingdale, NY
- Airport
- 086 · Chatham, runway 6, 3,000 × 100 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
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 711 total · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 120° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 34 °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.
Other investigations on N9281P · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.