19871124081719A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA32R301 · Columbus, OH · November 24, 1987

Date
November 24, 1987 · 19:39 local
Place
Columbus, OH
Airport
Rickenbacker
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N8046X
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL88FA044
Reported as
Piper PA32R301
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540K1G5
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total45 in this make and model472 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Reported vacuum system failure. Lost control and crashed. Icing in area. Aircraft equipped with standby vacuum.

As the FAA filed it

REPORTED VACUUM SYSTEM FAILURE. LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED. ICING IN AREA. AIRCRAFT EQUIPPED WITH STANDBY VACUUM.

NTSB investigation

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