- Date
- June 25, 1987, 21:15 local (Jun 26, 1987, 01:15 UTC)
- Place
- Tannersville, NY
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7146CPiper PA-32R-300
- Weather
- Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report September 1, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870625027379A
- Case key
- 30503
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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
While on a VFR air taxi cargo flight, the aircraft collided with trees on the east side of high peak mountain, elevation 3,655 feet. The accident site elevation was 3080 feet. A witness said it was heavy overcast, not raining and the clouds were not below the mountain tops. The investigation revealed that the moon was below the horizon, sunset and civil twilight were at 2038 and 2113, respectively, and clouds 3000 to 5000 feet scattered, 10,000 to 12,000 feet scattered, layers occasionally broken. Exam of the wreckage did not disclose any pre-existing malfunctions or failures.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7146C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7680031
- Airframe hours
- 9,825
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-KIA5D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Chester Airport, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 13, 1987 · 14 hours before
- Departed
- UKT · Quakertown, PA
- Destination
- 5B2 · Saratoga Spring, NY
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
- 27
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,488 total · 17 in this make and model · 17 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Night/dark
- Wind
- 120° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ALB, 37 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.