# Accident 19870906050089A: Piper STCPA28, Altoona, PA, September 6, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 1987, 11:04 local time
- Place: Altoona, PA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5081° N, 78.4011° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Altoona, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5081&lon=-78.4011&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8692W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8692W-2013-09-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER STCPA28
- Reported engine: LYC O540B4B5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC87FA244](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87FA244) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870906050089A

## Narrative

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

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 PILOTS CERTIFICATE HAD BEEN REVOKED IN 1977.

## 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 NYC87FA244](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87FA244), Sep 6, 1987: Piper PA-28-235 (N8692W), Altoona, PA, destroyed, 2 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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