# Incident 19870805052699I: Piper PA31T, Charleston, WV, August 5, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 1987, 18:15 local time
- Place: Charleston, WV
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3498° N, 81.6326° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Charleston, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3498&lon=-81.6326&mi=10
- Aircraft: N200RS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N200RS-1997-08-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31T (registry code 7103124, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31T
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,000 total, 900 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870805052699I

## Narrative

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

PILOTS SIDE WINDOW BLEW OUT WHILE IN CRUISE. ATC VECTORS TO A LANDING.

## Other reports on N200RS (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19880118000579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880118000579A), Jan 18, 1988: Piper PA31T (N200RS), St Louis, MO, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Became too low on ILS approach hit trees wires and a residence and burned. Pilot had severe atherosclerosis.

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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