Piper PA-28-160 N36509

Summary

On 13 July 1987 at about 16:30 local time, a Piper PA-28-160 registered N36509, operated by Frank J. Demaria, was involved in an accident near Mattituck, New York, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

13 July 1987 at 16:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Mattituck, New York, United States

Nearest airport

Mattituck (21N)

Coordinates

41.0000, -72.5299

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-160

Registration

N36509

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Frank J. Demaria

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Farmingdale → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC87LA203

Nobody was injured.

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

DRG ARRIVAL, THE PLT TRIED TO CONTACT UNICOM, BUT WAS UNABLE. HE SAID HE CIRCLED THE 2200 FT RWY, BUT WAS UNABLE TO SEE THE WINDSOCK DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY WITH HAZE. HE ELECTED TO LAND ON RWY 19. THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 500' FROM THE DEPARTURE END. DUE TO TREES AT THE DEPARTURE END, THE PLT ELECTED NOT TO ATTEMPT A GO-AROUND; HOWEVER, HE WAS UNABLE TO STOP ON THE REMAINING RWY. AFTER DEPARTING THE RWY, HE RECEIVED A HEAD INJURY & COULD NOT REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED AFTER TOUCHDOWN. THE PLT RPRTD THE WIND WAS FROM THE NORTHEAST AT 10 KTS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.