N8544P
Piper PA-24-260 · built 1964
Register facts: FAA Aircraft Registry (Releasable Aircraft Database) (open data).
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Safety history
- August 8, 1986Accident
THE PLT WAS ON AN APPROACH FOR LANDING WHEN THE ACFT BEGAN TO SETTLE. HE SAID THAT INCREASING POWER DID NOT SEEM TO HAVE AN EFFECT. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT LANDED HARD, COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR. THE PLT BELIEVED THAT HE HAD ENCOUNTERED WIND SHEAR DURING THE APPROACH. LOCAL PILOTS WERE AWARE OF UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS THAT OCCUR AT THE ARPT.