- Date
- May 15, 1987, 22:23 local (May 16, 1987, 02:23 UTC)
- Place
- Raleigh, NC
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7937YPiper PA-30
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report May 19, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870515016719A
- Case key
- 7427
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot failed to maintain a proper descent rate on the approach for landing. He said the right engine failed to respond when he added power to arrest the rate of descent and thereafter, he applied full power to either go-around or land further down the runway. The right engine still failed to respond and he cut all power but lost directional control and ran off the right side of the runway. Examination of the right engine showed no evidence of in-flight failure or malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7937Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30-1028
- Airframe hours
- 3,716
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James W. Dale, III
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 10, 1987 · 45 hours before
- Departed
- GAI · Gaithersburg, MD
- Airport
- RDU · Raleigh-Durham, runway 23R, 10,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 488 total · 290 in this make and model · 429 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.