# Accident 19871231072769A: Piper PA32RT300, Burlington, VT, December 31, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 31, 1987, 17:42 local time
- Place: Burlington, VT
- Airport: Burlington International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.4720° N, 73.1533° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4720&lon=-73.1533&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2243J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2243J-1989-08-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300 (registry code 7103215, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1G5
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 734 total, 230 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC88FA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88FA062) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871231072769A

## Narrative

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

HEAVY AIRFRAME ICING AND SEVERE TURBULENCE ON EMERGENCY APPROACH. HIT WIND SHEAR,STALLED AND CRASHED ON OVERRUN.

## 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 NYC88FA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88FA062), Dec 31, 1987: Piper PA-32RT-300 (N2243J), Burlington, VT, destroyed, 4 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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