- Date
- November 11, 1987, 05:00 local (10:00 UTC)
- Place
- West Palm Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N112AGPiper PA-31-310
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871111069909A
- Case key
- 32094
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Analysis
The plt stated that while enroute to West Palm Beach, she encountered severe turbulence. The aft cabin door popped open but remained attached and the flt was continued and lndd w/o further incident. As the plt attempted to restart the engs for the return trip the left eng would not start. Another acft was flown in so she could complete her trip. The initial acft was repaired & flown back to tampa. After landing in tampa during daylight hours, it was found that both forward wing attach fittings were distorted and pulled away from the fuselage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N112AG
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31-310
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31-698
- Airframe hours
- 5,382
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540-A2C, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Top Flight Air Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · September 23, 1987 · 19 hours before
- Departed
- TPA · Tampa, FL
- Destination
- PBI · W Palm Beach, FL
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,544 total · 368 in this make and model · 4,378 as pilot in command · 283 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 230° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,600 ft broken
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PBI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.