- Date
- March 28, 1987, 02:35 local (07:35 UTC)
- Place
- Georgetown, DE
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2221EPiper PA-34-200T
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870328007549A
- Case key
- 7284
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt was cleared for approach with instructions to close flt plan upon landing. Aprx thirty min later approach control called the fss and asked if the plt had been in contact. The reply was negative. No further action was taken by approach control. Wreckage was spotted the next day about a mile from the arpt and later identified as the missing acft. The pilot did not have a valid medical certificate. Examination of the acft and eng did not reveal any discrepancies.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2221E
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-200T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 347970039
- Airframe hours
- 3,822
- Engine
- Continental TSI0-360, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Operator
- Seaboard Air Charter,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Seaboard Air Charter, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 23, 1986 · 265 hours before
- Departed
- WWD · Wildwood, NJ
- Destination
- GED · Georgetown, DE
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- GED · Georgetown Sussex County
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 57
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 6,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 70° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 300 ft broken
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DOV, 27 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.