- Date
- October 21, 1988, 09:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Easton, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N56813Piper PA-32-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 9, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881021047759A
- Case key
- 36325
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Probable cause
Landing short of the runway due to a power loss of unknown reason(s).
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 aircraft was landed 15OO feet short of the runway and struck a fence. The pilot reported a power loss on final approach. Examination of the aircraft disclosed fuel in the tanks. The engine was test run satisfactorily. No explanation for the reported power loss could be found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N56813
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-7440028
- Airframe hours
- 4,500
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1A5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Operator
- Tri State Airways, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Tri State Airways
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 8, 1988 · 13 hours before
- Departed
- 47N · Manville, NJ
- Destination
- N43 · Easton, PA
- Airport
- N43 · Easton, runway 36, 1,950 × 50 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
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,500 total · 75 in this make and model · 3,200 as pilot in command · 70 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.