- Date
- November 12, 1987, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Jeannette, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8450FPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 2, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871112065039I
- Case key
- 36061
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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 suffered an engine failure during approach and crashed short and to the right of the runway. The acft then nosed over. Post acc investigation and engine exam by the FAA revealed no reason for the eng malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8450F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7725113
- Airframe hours
- 2,827
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Pittsburgh Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Pittsburgh Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 10, 1987 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- 4GO · Monroeville, PA
- Destination
- AGL
- Airport
- 5G8 · Boquet, runway 19, 2,600 × 40 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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 240 total · 240 in this make and model · 180 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 225° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.