# Accident 19880219003149A: Piper PA31325, Atlantic City, NJ, February 19, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 19, 1988, 22:02 local time
- Place: Atlantic City, NJ
- Airport: Atlantic City International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EGQA
- Location: 39.4576° N, 74.5772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ATLANTIC CITY INTL (ACY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4576&lon=-74.5772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27400, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N27400-1990-03-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-325 (registry code 7103105, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-325) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31325
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540F2BD
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 1,115 total, 135 in this make and model, 218 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC88FA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88FA087) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880219003149A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED ON NIGHT IFR APPROACH IN HEAVY RAIN AND TURBULENCE, CO PILOT NOT QUALIFIED.

## 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 NYC88FA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88FA087), Feb 20, 1988: Piper PA-31-325 (N27400), Hamilton Twp., NJ, destroyed, 3 fatal

## Other reports on N27400 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19780119003599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780119003599I), Jan 19, 1978: Piper PA31325 (N27400), Great Bend, KS, Minor damage. Aircraft on rollout after landing when right main and nose gear collapsed. Previous operation on slushy runway.

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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