- Date
- March 20, 1987, 19:15 local (Mar 21, 1987, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- Rutland, VT
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2083KPiper PA-34-200T
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870320007059A
- Case key
- 30622
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Drg arrival, the plt was cleared for an lda/ndb apch to rwy 19. When she 'went visual' on the apch, a check of the VASI showed she was hi, so she slipped the acft to lose alt. The winds were rprtd as light & variable, but plt rprtd that drgthe lndg, there was a slight tail wind & the acft was slightly fast which caused it to float. She estd the acft touched down about 1/3 of the way down the rwy. At that point, there seemed to be sufficient rwy remaining; however, the plt noted no braking action on the wet rwy. The rated passenger in the rgt front seat also applied brakes, but to no avail. Subsequently, the acft contd off the rwy, went over a 20 ft embankment & came to rest inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2083K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-200T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 347970073
- Airframe hours
- 1,400
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Wilbur Highleyman
- Registered owner
- Sai Leasing Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- OWD · Norwood, MA
- Destination
- RUT
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- RUT · Rutland, runway 19, 5,000 × 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
- 34
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 816 total · 104 in this make and model · 517 as pilot in command · 32 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 70° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,800 ft broken
- Temperature
- 32 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.