Piper PA-28-181 N47480

Summary

On 17 February 2007 at about 15:47 local time, a Piper PA-28-181 registered N47480 was involved in an accident near Millbrook, New York, 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

17 February 2007 at 15:47

Classification

Accident

Location

Millbrook, New York, United States

Nearest airport

Sky Acres Airport (44N)

Coordinates

41.7818, -73.6944

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-181

Registration

N47480

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Allentown → Poughkeepsie

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC07CA067

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain a proper glidepath to the runway.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that "the airplane was performing really good" throughout the flight and as he entered the traffic pattern for landing at the destination airport. The pilot perceived that he was "high" on final approach, and slipped the airplane to increase the descent rate. On short final, the airplane was "low" and struck a snowbank that crossed the approach end of the runway, which resulted in substantial damage to the airplane. Upon striking the snowbank, the pilot aborted the landing and diverted safely to a nearby airport staffed with crash, fire, and rescue personnel.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.