Piper PA-60-700P N407SA

Summary

On 3 October 1999 at about 16:15 local time, a Piper PA-60-700P registered N407SA was involved in an accident near Greenville, Maine, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

3 October 1999 at 16:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Greenville, Maine, United States

Nearest airport

Greenville Muni (3B1)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-60-700P

Registration

N407SA

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Bedford → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC00LA003

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's inadequate preflight planning and his inadequate visual lookout.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

After entering VFR conditions at 6,000 feet MSL, the pilot canceled his IFR flight plan and made a straight-in, visual approach to a Runway 14, which had been NOTAM'd closed. During the landing, the airplane struck a lighted barricade and it's left wing contacted a 5 to 6 foot high pile of gravel located about 3,100 feet beyond the approach end of the runway. The pilot stated he re-checked the NOTAMS for the airport after the accident, and observed the NOTAM for the closed runway. The pilot said it was possible that he did not scroll all the way down the computer screen when he originally checked the NOTAMS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.