# Accident 19870927056379A: Piper PA28140, Plymouth, VT, September 27, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 1987, 14:45 local time
- Place: Plymouth, VT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.5359° N, 72.7215° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Plymouth, VT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5359&lon=-72.7215&mi=10
- Aircraft: N302RB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N302RB-1989-05-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 100 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC87LA268](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87LA268) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870927056379A

## Narrative

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

REPORTED ENGINE OUT. MADE MAYDAY CALL. NOSED OVER LANDING IN A ROUGH FIELD.NO ENGINE DEFECTS FOUND. CAUSE UNKNOWN.

## 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 NYC87LA268](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87LA268), Sep 27, 1987: Piper PA-28 (N302RB), Plymouth, VT, destroyed

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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