- Date
- May 7, 1988, 12:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Blairstown, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6762PPiper PA-24-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880507015189A
- Case key
- 36145
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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 flight was on final for runway 7 following another airplane, when the pilot's attention was drawn to a glider maneuvering in the area. He yielded left to maintain a comfortable distance from the glider and failed to observe an antenna tower in his path. The airplane struck the antenna then continued inbound and landed without further incident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6762P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-1892
- Airframe hours
- 3,665
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-A1A5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James A.Starrett
- Registered owner
- James Starrett
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 25, 1987
- Airport
- 1N7 · Blairstown
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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,600 total · 1,520 in this make and model · 1,600 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.