# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-28R-200, 1987 NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports. ## Latest cases - [NTSB FTW88FA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW88FA038.md): Piper PA-28R-200 · Burnet, TX · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 19, 1987 · N33007 · Destroyed > The pilot arrived in the area of his planned destination and completed the outbound and inbound procedure turns for the NDB runway 17 approach without reported incident. Almost immediately thereafter, the aircraft impacted a large oak tree about 15 feet AGL… - [NTSB DEN88FA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88FA033.md): Piper PA-28R-200 · San Jose, CA · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 5, 1987 · N9309N · Destroyed > Several min after takeoff, the plt noted a loss of oil pressure & elected to return to the arpt. As he was returning, the eng began to overspeed, but he controlled the RPM by retarding the throttle. The wind was from 150 deg at 10 KTS. The plt was clrd to… - [NTSB BFO88IA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO88IA012.md): Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-32 · Baltimore, MD · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Dec 5, 1987 · N924L · 2 aircraft · No damage > Twa flt 388 (DC-9, N924L) was in clouds climbing to 7000' when Baltimore (bwi) TRACON adzd that an acft (Piper PA-28R) was straight ahead at 3 mi dscndg fm 6700'. Flt 388 had passed 6000' & the capt requested a traffic avoidance vector. The TRACON ctlr… - [NTSB ATL88LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88LA015.md): Piper PA-28R-200 · Homer, GA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 17, 1987 · N1547X · Substantial damage > The pilot reported a gradual decrease in power after reaching 4000 feet. The plt was unable to obtain a restart. He then elected to attempt a forced landing in a field. The aircraft collided with a tree prior to landing. The aircraft collided with and came to… - [NTSB BFO88LA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO88LA005.md): Piper PA-28R-200 · Dares Beach, MD · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 10, 1987 · N55936 · Substantial damage > The plt stated that after climbing about 2000' & proceeding aprx 3 to 4 mi out over the chesapeake bay, the oil temp began to rise & the oil pressure decreased. He turned toward land, but the eng lost power. Subsequently, he was forced to land in a swampy… - [NTSB ATL87FA230](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87FA230.md): Piper PA-28R-200 · Offerman, GA · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 14, 1987 · N55649 · Destroyed > During a local flt the acft was observed flying at a level attitude approx 10 ft above a corn field at high speed. The right wing of the acft struck tree branches approx 60 ft AGL during a pull up. A 6 ft section of the right wing separated. The acft climbed,… - [NTSB DEN87LA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA164.md): Piper PA-28R-200 · Lordsburg, NM · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 3, 1987 · N5032S · Substantial damage > While en route on a x-country flt, a severe eng vibration began. The plt reduced power & slowed the airspeed to reduce the severity of the vibration. Subsequently, he elected to make a wheels-up landing on rocky desert terrain. After landing, he discovered… - [NTSB CHI87FA153](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87FA153.md): Piper PA-28R · Milwaukee, WI · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jun 22, 1987 · N2678R · Destroyed > Drg arr at the Milwaukee/lawrence j timmerman arpt, the plt made 2 atmts to use the localizer 15L apch. After the 2nd missed apch, he elected to divert to Milwaukee/general mitchell fld (mke). At that time, he was adzd the mke wx was 300' ovc, 1/4 mi vis with… - [NTSB ATL87FA174](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87FA174.md): Piper PA-28R-200 · Asheville, NC · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jun 19, 1987 · N900AJ · Destroyed > During a personal night x-country VFR flight over mountainous terrain the plt was informed by ATC that vip level 3 and 4 thunderstorms were positioned across the intended flt path. The 128 hour non-instrument rated private plt acknowledged and continued the… - [NTSB ATL87LA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87LA150.md): Piper PA-28-200 · Maxwell Afb, AL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 26, 1987 · N6857J · Substantial damage > During the landing roll, the pilot lost directional control of the acft. The right main and nose gears collapsed. Inspection of the acft failed to reveal any system malfunction/failure. - [NTSB LAX87LA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87LA170.md): Piper PA-28R-200 · Calexico, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 6, 1987 · N3085R · Substantial damage > At the end of a pleasure cross country flight, the plt reported that upon landing, the acft veered to the left, the plt corrected to the right. The acft veered to the left again and the plt corrected to the right. The acft then began to turn in a clockwise… - [NTSB ATL87LA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87LA089.md): Piper PA-28R-200 · Darien, GA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 21, 1987 · N2948R · Substantial damage > During normal cruise flight at 6,000' the plt reported hearing a loud bang simultaneous with a total loss of power. The plt declared mayday and made a forced landing in small pine trees. Examination of the engine revealed cyl.#2 connecting rod had become… - [NTSB CHI87LA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87LA097.md): Piper PA-28R · Holland, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 13, 1987 · N5140S · Substantial damage > During a local flight the aircraft's engine lost oil pressure. The engine continued to run for about two minutes and then totally seized. The pilot made a hard landing on 58th street in Holland (the only available landing area he could see in the dark night… - [NTSB NYC87LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87LA082.md): Piper PA-28R-200 · Marlboro, MA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 6, 1987 · N1486X · Substantial damage > The pilot allowed the aircraft to stall and touch down hard causing substantial damage. The pilot was unfamiliar with the short field at this airport. - [NTSB BFO87LA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO87LA018.md): Piper PA-28R-200R · West Point, VA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 2, 1987 · N33399 · Substantial damage > After making a low pass over the uncontrolled airport the CFI decided to let the student pilot make a touch and go landing on runway 27 at West Point municipal airport. West Point, Virginia. The maneuver was successfully completed and the aircraft came around… ## The whole list in SQL Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS: ```sql SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1 WHERE year(c."eventDate") = 1987 AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('7102811')) ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC ``` This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7102811&year=1987 --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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