ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 385572
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| Date: | Saturday 21 July 2001 |
| Time: | 14:15 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-181 |
| Owner/operator: | Westchester Flying Club |
| Registration: | N17AV |
| MSN: | 28-8390078 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1983 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Mattituck, NY -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Bridgeport-Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Airport, CT (BDR/KBDR) |
| Mattituck, NY (21N) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot followed another airplane into the airport, and landed about halfway down the 2,200-foot runway at a high rate of speed. The airplane then departed the end of the runway at 10-15 mph. The pilot stated that the windsock indicated winds varying from approximately 35-80 degrees off the runway heading, but that during the approach, the wind shifted to a tailwind. Recorded winds at an airport 10 nautical miles away also indicated a tailwind. According to the Pilot's Operating Handbook, at 2,500 pounds, with a full-stall touchdown and full flaps in a zero wind, the airplane should have required about 950 feet of runway. With a 5-knot tailwind, it should have required about 1,280 feet of runway.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to attain a proper touchdown point. A factor was the tailwind.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB NYC01LA182
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 February 2024 | N17AV | Westchester Flying Club Inc | 0 | Hudson Valley Regional Airport (POU/KPOU), Wappinger, NY | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 05-Apr-2024 05:34 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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