Piper PA-24-260 N9232P

Summary

On 12 August 1984 at about 05:15 local time, a Piper PA-24-260 registered N9232P was involved in an accident near Sydney, New York, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

12 August 1984 at 05:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Sydney, New York, United States

Nearest airport

Sidney Muni (N23)

Coordinates

42.3098, -75.3896

Aircraft

Piper PA-24-260

Registration

N9232P

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Positioning

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Flushing → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

Unk

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

NYC84FA274

1 person died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

DURING A NIGHT ARRIVAL, THE PLT WAS CLEARED FOR A VOR/CIRCLING APCH TO THE SIDNEY MUNI ARPT. THE PUBLISHED APCH WAS FROM THE HANCOCK VOR WITH A NORTHERLY HEADING TO THE ARPT OF 354 DEG. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT CRASHED & BURNED ON WOODED TERRAIN ABOUT 1 MI NORTH OF THE ARPT IN THE VICINITY OF A LEFT DOWNWIND LEG FOR RWY 7. INITIAL IMPACT OCCURRED WITH TREES AT AN ELEVATION OF ABOUT 1550 FT WHILE PARALLELING RWY 7/25 (HEADING 255 DEG). THE ELEVATION OF THE ARPT WAS 1027 FT. THE MIN DESCENT ALT (MDA) FOR THE VOR APCH WAS 2280 FT. AN EXAM OF THE WRECKAGE REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF A PREIMPACT PART FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION. THE PROP BLADES HAD EVIDENCE OF ROTATIONAL DAMAGE. A TEST OF THE PLT'S BLOOD SHOWED AN ALCOHOL LEVEL OF 101 MGS% (.101%); HOWEVER, THE PLT'S BODY (& THE WRECKAGE) WERE NOT FOUND UNTIL 8/15/84. THERE WAS EVIDENCE THAT ALCOHOL IN THE PLT'S BLOOD WOULD HAVE RESULTED FROM PUTREFACTION. ABOUT 26 MI SW AT BINGHAMTON, NY, THE 0051 EDT WX WAS, IN PART: 1500 FT SCATTERED, 5500 FT OVERCAST, VISIBILITY 7MI, WIND 120 DEG AT 5 KTS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.