# Accident 19870714034569A: Piper PA30, Rockland, ME, July 14, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 1987, 13:00 local time
- Place: Rockland, ME
- Airport: Knox County Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.2725° N, 69.0366° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about 4 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2725&lon=-69.0366&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7617Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7617Y-2014-11-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Reported engine: LYC O320B1A
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 1,288 total, 244 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC87FA204](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87FA204) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870714034569A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED ON A MISSED APPROACH CLIMBOUT. PILOT NOT IFR RATED IN TWINS. LACKED SKILL IN PROCEDURES.

## 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 NYC87FA204](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87FA204), Jul 14, 1987: Piper PA-30 (N7617Y), Lincolnville, ME, 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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