- Date
- February 19, 1988, 22:02 local (Feb 20, 1988, 03:02 UTC)
- Place
- Hamilton Twp., NJ
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N27400Piper PA-31-325
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880219003149A
- Case key
- 35997
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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
The aircraft disappeared from radar at approximately 1 mile final on a night ILS rwy 13 approach. Radar data indicated that the aircraft completed almost 180 degrees of turn prior to disappearing. The aircraft crashed in a heavily wooded area. No evidence of a pre-existing failure on the engines or airframe was found. When the flying history of the pilot was examined, the hours presented on his resume exceeded his log book and his log book hours could not be totally verified. The co-pilot did not have an instrument rating. The pilot that preceded the accident aircraft on the approach said he experienced moderate turbulence, wind shear and that the approach lights were very distracting. The pilot had received a weather briefing which included wind shear and moderate turbulence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N27400
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31-325
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31-7712093
- Airframe hours
- 2,909
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540-F2BD, 325 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Atlantic City Air Taxi
- Registered owner
- J.R. Kennard & Associates
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 10, 1988 · 18 hours before
- Departed
- OWD · Norwood, MA
- Destination
- ACY · Atlantic City, NJ
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- ACY · Atlantic City, runway 13, 10,000 × 180 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
- 22
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,115 total · 135 in this make and model · 813 as pilot in command · 218 in the last 90 days · 62 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 160° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 200 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ACY
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.