# NTSB NYC87LA082: Piper PA-28R-200, N1486X, Marlboro, MA, February 6, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 6, 1987, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place: Marlboro, MA
- Location: 42.3496° N, 71.5472° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marlborough, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3496&lon=-71.5472&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 6, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30601
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC87LA082
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30601/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87LA082

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - light condition - dusk (contributing factor)
  - lack of familiarity with geographic area, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PILOT ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO STALL AND TOUCH DOWN HARD CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PILOT WAS UNFAMILIAR WITH THE SHORT FIELD AT THIS AIRPORT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1486X](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1486X), registered now, S/N 28R-7535291 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-200
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28R-200](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (registry code 7102811) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming I0360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (registry code 41515, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28R-753529
- Airframe hours: 3009
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-360-C1C 200 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Robert Edison Swain
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, December 18, 1986
- Departed: PYM, PLYMOUTH, MA
- Destination: MARLBORO, MA
- Airport: 9B1, Marlboro, runway 32, 680 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 678 total, 351 in this make and model, 299 as pilot in command, 96 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 30 statute miles

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870206002189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870206002189A), Feb 6, 1987: Piper PA28R200, Marlboro, MA, Substantial damage. Unfamailiar with short strip stalled and impacted runway.

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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