- Date
- December 18, 1987, 19:00 local (Dec 19, 1987, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Burnet, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N33007Piper PA-28R-200
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871218070649A
- Case key
- 22531
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
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 or 1265 feet MSL, on a hilltop 12 miles north of and inbound to the airport. His mda was 1840 MSL or 590 feet above the ground where the impact occurred. The required checks of the altimeter and static system were current, having been conducted three months before the accident. Witnesses near the accd site indicated that the visibility at abt the time of the accd was near zero. Info fm the plts logbooks revealed that he had flown into the arpt on a regular basis for the last 4 to 5 yrs.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N33007
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R7535106
- Airframe hours
- 2,026
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-CIC, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John H. Powell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 21, 1987 · 59 hours before
- Departed
- HOU · Houston, TX
- Destination
- 4R2 · Horseshoe Bay, TX
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 4R2 · Horseshoe Bay, runway 17, 6,000 × 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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 983 total · 963 in this make and model · 899 as pilot in command · 55 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 100° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 600 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AUS, 42 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.