Accident · 1992-11-01

NTSB case NYC93LA034 · PIPER PA-28-140 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1992-11-01
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: PIPER PA-28-140 (N33146)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: RAINBOW AVIATION, INC. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): RAINBOW AVIATION, INC.

Probable cause

THE PILOT'S IMPROPERLY PLANNED APPROACH AND DELAYED DECISION TO INITIATE A GO-AROUND, WHICH RESULTED IN A TOUCHDOWN TOO FAR DOWN THE RUNWAY AND THE SUBSEQUENT COLLISION WITH A DITCH. A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE PILOT'S LACK OF RECENT FLIGHT EXPERIENCE.

Source: NTSB case NYC93LA034

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

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