Piper PA-28-151 N7667F

Summary

On 13 November 1993 at about 14:15 local time, a Piper PA-28-151 registered N7667F, operated by South Jersey Flyers, was involved in an accident near Greentown, Pennsylvania, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

13 November 1993 at 14:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Greentown, Pennsylvania, United States

Nearest airport

Mountain Bay (PA49)

Coordinates

41.3193, -75.3009

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-151

Registration

N7667F

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

South Jersey Flyers

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Mount Holly → Hawley

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

BFO94LA007

2 people were seriously injured.

THE PILOT'S SELECTION OF THE WRONG RUNWAY, AND HIS DELAY IN ATTEMPTING A GO-AROUND WHICH RESULTED IN AN INFLIGHT COLLISION WITH THE TREES. A RELATED FACTOR WAS THE UNFAVORABLE WIND.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE CIRCLED THE AIRPORT ONCE IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE RUNWAY AND LANDING CONDITIONS. HE STATED THAT HIS FIRST ATTEMPT TO LAND ON RUNWAY 29 WAS UNSUCCESSFUL DUE TO TURBULENT AND GUSTY CONDITIONS, SO HE EXECUTED A GO-AROUND. THE PILOT PERFORMED A SECOND APPROACH, WHICH ENDED IN ANOTHER GO- AROUND. ON HIS SECOND GO-AROUND ATTEMPT, THE AIRPLANE STRUCK TREES AT THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THERE WAS NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION. A WITNESS REPORTED THAT THERE WAS A QUARTERING TAILWIND GUSTING TO 25 KNOTS AND THAT THE WINDS AT THAT TIME WERE FAVORING RUNWAY 11.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.