# NTSB NYC72AN087: Piper PA-30, N8821Y, Hanover, MD, January 4, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: January 4, 1972
- Place: Hanover, MD · HANOVER, MD
- Location: 39.1929° N, 76.7241° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hanover, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1929&lon=-76.7241&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report April 21, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 164740
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC72AN087
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC72AN087

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0004   72/1/4    HANOVER,MD          PIPER PA-30         CR-  1  0  0  COMMERCIAL                AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1142                    N8821Y              PX-  0  0  0  AIR TAXI-PASSG            55, 9025 TOTAL HOURS, 60
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          SELINSGROVE,PA              BALTIMORE,MD
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           TURBULENCE                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
           WEATHER - RAIN
           WEATHER - FOG
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OVERCAST                                                  300
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          3/4 MILE OR LESS                                         RAIN
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TEMPERATURE-F
          FOG                                                       42
        WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES                                   WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS
          120                                                       4
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          IFR                                                      IFR
        REMARKS- PLT WAS FOLLOWING B-727 ON ILS APCH.LOCAL CTL RADAR OBS 3 MI SEPARATION JUST BEFORE PA-30 IMPACT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N8821Y (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-30
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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