- Date
- November 19, 1987, 19:36 local (Nov 20, 1987, 01:36 UTC)
- Place
- Fayetteville, AR
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3578GPiper PA-32R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report February 14, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871119066589A
- Case key
- 34471
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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 airplane was cleared to land while on downwind. Tower saw lights and said airplane appeared to be flying around hill north of airport. Investigation revealed airplane had turned left and impacted trees below the top of the hill.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3578G
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32R8029038
- Airframe hours
- 1,479
- Engine
- Lycoming TSIO-540-S1AD, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert R. Pilgram
- Registered owner
- Robert L Pilgrim
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 22, 1987 · 16 hours before
- Departed
- CRT · Crossett, AR
- Destination
- FYV
- Airport
- FYV · Drake, runway 16, 6,006 × 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
- 22
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 500 total · 100 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 200° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FYV, 1 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.