- Date
- September 6, 1987, 11:04 local (15:04 UTC)
- Place
- Altoona, PA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8692WPiper PA-28-235
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870906050089A
- Case key
- 30511
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Analysis
The aircraft departed cleveland, oh at approx 0915 hours on an unauthorized flt to atlantic city, NJ. The plt was not authorized to operate the aircraft or conduct the flt due to his license having been revoked in 1977 for repeatedly violating FARS. Near Altoona, PA the pilot encountered IFR wx conditions. The aircraft suffered an inflight control surface separation. The aircraft impacted the ground in a near vertical attitude. There was no postcrash fire, the plt was not in contact with any ATC facility, and there is no record of any wx briefing obtained by the plt. The plt's flt times were not reported or available.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8692W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-10225
- Airframe hours
- 3,596
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-B4B5, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John C. Gibson
- Registered owner
- Nelson Gardner
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 2, 1987 · 90 hours before
- Departed
- Cleveland, OH
- Destination
- Altoona, PA
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
- 35
- Medical
- Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 400 ft broken
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AOO, 7 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.