ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 199652
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Date: | Thursday 18 February 1993 |
Time: | 20:15 |
Type: | Piper PA-31T Cheyenne I |
Owner/operator: | Cianbro Corporation |
Registration: | N6192A |
MSN: | 31T-7904009 |
Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
Total airframe hrs: | 3952 hours |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Pittsfield Municipal Airport, Somerset County, ME -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Portland International Jetport, Portland, Maine (PWM/KWPM) |
Destination airport: | Pittsfield Municipal Airport, Pittsfield, Maine (FAA LID:2B7) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Written off (destroyed) February 18, 1993 when crashed on landing at Pittsfield Municipal Airport, Pittsfield, Maine. The pilot tried to activate the radio-controlled runway boundary lights when he was about 10 miles from the airfield, and again while he was in the traffic pattern, but he was unsuccessful.
However, he continued the descent to approximately 500 feet agl using the runway VASIs. The pilot stated that he had the airport in sight and 'felt well enough in sight to complete landing'. The aircraft touched down in approximately 18 inches of snow 60 feet off the right side of the runway. The pilot reported that as he got closer to the ground he realised it was snow-mobile tracks and not the runway he could see. He tried to go-around but the aircraft impacted the ground collapsing the nose undercarriage.
The NTSB determined the probable cause of the accident to be: The pilot's inadequate in-flight decision to continue a landing without runway lights, and his delay in initiating a go-around. A related factor was the pilot's over confidence in his ability.
Registration N6192A cancelled by the FAA on February 7, 1996 as "destroyed"
Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: BFO93LA028 at
https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20001211X11788&key=1 2. FAA:
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?omni=Home-N-Number&nNumberTxt=6192A 3.
http://www.ascendworldwide.com/download/Cust/WAAS167_Complete.pdf Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
13-Sep-2017 15:00 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
13-Sep-2017 15:00 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Narrative] |
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