# NTSB SEA87LA142: Piper PA-28-140, N95407, Ashland, OR, July 17, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 17, 1987, 14:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Ashland, OR
- Coordinates: 42.149669, -122.530212 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1497&lon=-122.5302&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious
- Status: Completed, report July 5, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40660
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA87LA142
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40660/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA87LA142

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, cruise
  - vfr flight into imc - continued, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - drizzle/mist (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, cruise
  - weather condition - obscuration (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - rising (contributing factor)

## Analysis

PLT WAS PROCEEDING VFR, NO FLT PLAN, NO RECORD OF WX BRIEF, NORTHBOUND THROUGH SISKIYOU PASS ALONG I-5 FROM CALIF INTO OREGON ABOUT 1400 PDT. PLT REPORTED SUDDENLY IN CLOUDS, THEN SAW TREES. ACFT COLLIDED WITH RISING TERRAIN 1/2 MILE WEST OF POINT WHERE I-5 TURNS SHARPLY NORTH FROM WEST AROUND SHOULDER OF MT. ASHLAND. ELT RECEIVED BY SATELLITE, SIGNAL TRACKING BY GROUND UNITS IN PROGRESS WHEN PLT TURNED ELT OFF TO CONSERVE BATT, ABOUT 2130 PDT. PLT DID NOT TURN ELT ON AGAIN, NEXT MORNING MADE HIS WAY TO I-5 WHERE STATE POLICE SIGHTED HIM.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N95407](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N95407-2015-05-04), registration cancelled 2015-05-04, S/N 28-25924, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-140
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-140](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (registry code 7102802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 2825924
- Airframe hours: 2608
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E2A 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Brian L. Good
- Registered owner: Brian L Good
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 13, 1987, 4 hours before
- Departed: SQL, SAN CARLOS, CA
- Destination: WA22, ELMA, WA

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 24; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, expired; flight hours: 243 total, 243 in this make and model, 209 as pilot in command, 21 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870717041019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870717041019A), Jul 17, 1987: Piper PA28140, Ashland, OR, Destroyed. Flew into trees flying through a mountain pass. No record wx briefing. Student medical certificate expired.

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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