- Date
- June 26, 1987, 01:13 local (05:13 UTC)
- Place
- Boston, MA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N33670Piper PA-34-200T
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 30502
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The en route portion of the flt was uneventful, except that the plt used the call sign 'N251DE' instead of 'N33670' which was the registration number of his acft. Drg arrival at Boston, he was provided radar vectors, cleared for an ILS rwy 4R apch & instructed to contact the tower. The plt contacted the tower & rprtd over the outer marker. Shortly thereafter, the acft entered a left turn, then radio & radar contact were lost. It crashed about 2.5 mi sse of the arpt.a witness nr the crash site thought the acft had eng problems when he saw it dscndg in a westerly direction. He said the eng then 'smoothed out' & the plane bgn to climb, then it suddenly went into a dive & crashed. Drg impact, the acft struck a residence & a parked auto. Three houses & 10 autos were destroyed by impact & fire, other houses were dmg by fire. No preimpact part failure or malfunction was fnd. The plt was conducting part 135 opns in IFR with 545 hrs total flt time, 59 hrs instrument time & 95 hrs ngt experience.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N33670
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-200T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 347570146
- Airframe hours
- 2,828
- Engine
- Continental L/TSIO-360-E, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Reynald P. Crete
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 18, 1987
- Departed
- TEB · Newark, NJ
- Destination
- BOS · Boston, MA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- BOS · Logan Intl, runway 4, 10,005 × 150 ft, concrete
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 21
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 545 total · 6 in this make and model · 407 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 61 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 70° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 600 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BOS, 2 nm away