- Date
- July 24, 1987, 10:11 local (17:11 UTC)
- Place
- Monterey, CA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N82793Piper PA-32R-301T
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870724037839A
- Case key
- 25412
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Probable cause
Loss of control of the aircraft, by the pilot, while excuting a missed approach.
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 aircraft was radar vectored to the final approach for an ILS landing. As the aircraft approached the final approach fix the controller cleared the aircraft for the approach and instructed the pilot to contact the tower. The pilot acknowledged the instruction then stated that he was starting a go-around. Approximately 30 seconds later there was an unintelligible radio transmission from the aircraft. This transmission was followed by a call from the pilot stating, 'seven niner three in trouble'. This transmission was followed 16 seconds later by, 'I have I have an emergency back here'. The controller had noticed an ascent 400 feet above the assigned altitude then the radar went into coast. A witness in a boat in the vicinity of the accident observed the aircraft dive out of a cloud and collide with the water.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N82793
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R-301T (PA-32R-301)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32R8129001
- Airframe hours
- 708
- Engine
- Lycoming TI0-540-S1AD, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Van Bastelaar, Alphons J.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 6, 1987 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- VNY · Van Nuys, CA
- Destination
- MRY · Monterey, CA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MRY · Monterey Peninsula, runway 10, 6,597 × 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 528 total · 250 in this make and model · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MRY, 10 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.