# NTSB NYC88LA225: Piper PA-24-260, N9072P, Readington, NJ, August 21, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 21, 1988, 17:38 local (21:38 UTC)
- Place: Readington, NJ
- Location: 40.5953° N, 74.7272° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from NTSB’s distance and direction from SOLBERG/HUNTERDON (N51), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5953&lon=-74.7272&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report November 24, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 36219
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC88LA225
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/36219/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA225

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, landing - aborted
  - aborted landing - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## Analysis

WHILE ATTEMPTING A GO-AROUND FROM A REJECTED LANDING IN X-WIND CONDITIONS THE PLT WHO HAD NO LANDINGS IN THE LAST 90 DAYS FAILED TO INITIATE THE GO-AROUND WITH SUFFICIENT TIME/DISTANCE TO CLEAR TREES OFF THE END OF THE RNWY. THE ACFT STRUCK THE TREES AND WAS DESTROYED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9072P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9072P-1989-10-16), registration cancelled 1989-10-16, S/N 244541 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-260
- Registry model: [Piper PA-24-260](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (registry code 7102406) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 24-4541
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-540-D 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Metro Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: TEB, TETERBORO, NJ
- Destination: N51
- Airport: N51, Readington, runway 4, 3,735 × 183 ft, asphalt

## 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: 279 total, 17 in this make and model, 123 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 340° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: TTN, 20 nm away

## 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 19880821034609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880821034609A), Aug 21, 1988: Piper PA24260, Readington, NJ, Destroyed. Not lined up and too fast for landing, tried to go around and struck trees.

## Other investigations on N9072P (2)

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.

- [NTSB NYC75DFA20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75DFA20), Oct 28, 1974: Piper PA-24 (N9072P), Roscoe, NY, substantial damage
- [NTSB NYC73DFA08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73DFA08), Aug 5, 1972: Piper PA-24 (N9072P), Cooperstown, NY, substantial damage

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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