- Date
- May 20, 1987, 17:22 local (23:22 UTC)
- Place
- Cody, WY
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2336XPiper PA-31T-620II
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 8, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870520014829A
- Case key
- 17109
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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
N2336X was on a business flt to Cody, WY. The pilot executed a missed approach on the first attempt of the vor-a approach. A pilot who landed at Cody minutes before the accident said the visibility had decreased to 3/4 of a mi when N2336X made the first approach and approx 1/2 mi when N2336X crashed. Examination of the wreckage revealed no evidence of a mechanical malfunction or failure of the aircraft prior to accident. The sas servo arm was found in the full up position. The aircraft struck the terrain in a steep nose low attitude on a heading that was opposite to the direction of flight. App mins at Cody are 5800 ft & 1 mile vis.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2336X
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31T-620II (PA-31T-620)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31T8120002
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-28, 620 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert V. Burggfraf
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- IDA · Idaho Fals, ID
- Destination
- COD
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- COD · E.E. Faust Regional, runway 22, 8,500 × 100 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
- 49
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 6,500 total · 10 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 10 knots, gusting 17
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- COD
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.