19870520014789A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-31-310 · Las Vegas, NV · May 20, 1987

Date
May 20, 1987 · 03:55 local
Place
Las Vegas, NV
Airport
North Las Vegas Air Terminal
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
LVAA
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N22LV
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA87FA098
Reported as
Piper PA31310
Reported engine
Lycoming LTIO540J2BD
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The aircraft impacted the ground inverted. Suspect nonrated, intoxicated pilot was unable to handle a failed engine

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND INVERTED. SUSPECT NONRATED, INTOXICATED PILOT WAS UNABLE TO HANDLE A FAILED ENGINE

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.