# Accident 19850201011989A: Piper PA31P350, Whitefield, NH, February 1, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 1, 1985, 20:35 local time
- Place: Whitefield, NH
- Airport: Whitefield Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Missed Approach IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 44.1280° N, 70.9227° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1280&lon=-70.9227&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27522 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31P350
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540J2BD
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC85FA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85FA060) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850201011989A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

IMPACTED RISING TERRAIN DURING MISSED APPROACH. FAILED TO FOLLOW MISSED APPROACH PROCEDURE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC85FA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85FA060), Feb 2, 1985: Piper PA-31-350 (N27522), Whitefield, NH, destroyed, 4 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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