- Date
- June 13, 1987, 10:12 local (14:12 UTC)
- Place
- Nantucket, MA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N222HFPiper PA-32RT-300
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870613020069A
- Case key
- 30501
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 weather at the Nantucket airport was below the prescribed minima for the ILS approach to runway 24. A blanket broadcast had been made on the air traffic frequencies that the Nantucket weather was below the minima for most users and, thereafter, the controller provided the pilot with the weather at his destination. The pilot was cleared for the ILS approach to runway 24 but reported a missed approach after passing the outer marker. The controller advised the pilot to remain on the runway heading and contact departure. There were no further communications with the flight. A witness observed the aircraft descend out of the fog and crash into trees about a mile north of the airport.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N222HF
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32RT-300 (PA-32RT-30)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32R7885284
- Airframe hours
- 766
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1G5D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Joseph W.Foley
- Registered owner
- Joseph W Foley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 10, 1986 · 87 hours before
- Departed
- PWD · Providence, RI
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- ACK · Nantucket Memorial, runway 24, 6,303 × 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
- 61
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 6,460 total · 1,500 in this make and model · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 100 ft
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ACK, 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.