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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper STCPA28 · Altoona, PA · September 6, 1987

Date
September 6, 1987 · 11:04 local
Place
Altoona, PA
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N8692W
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC87FA244
Reported as
Piper STCPA28
Reported engine
Lycoming O540B4B5
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2

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.

Lost control in IMC en route. Aircraft came apart in flight. Pilots certificate had been revoked in 1977.

As the FAA filed it

LOST CONTROL IN IMC EN ROUTE. AIRCRAFT CAME APART IN FLIGHT. PILOTS CERTIFICATE HAD BEEN REVOKED IN 1977.

NTSB investigation

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