Piper PA-34-220T N999YP

Summary

On 30 September 1984 at about 16:16 local time, a Piper PA-34-220T registered N999YP was involved in an accident near Turbotville, Pennsylvania, United States. 5 people were on board and 5 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

30 September 1984 at 16:16

Classification

Accident

Location

Turbotville, Pennsylvania, United States

Coordinates

41.0995, -76.7609

Aircraft

Piper PA-34-220T

Registration

N999YP

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Akron → Teterboro

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC84FA326

5 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

WHILE THE ACFT WAS EN ROUTE, ATC ADVISED THE PLT OF VFR TRAFFIC AT HIS ONE O'CLOCK POSITION AT 12 MI ON A NW HEADING. THE PLT ACKNOWLEDGED, BUT REPORTED THAT HE HAD NO CONTACT & SAID THE WX WAS A LITTLE HAZY. A SHORT TIME LATER, ATC ADVISED THE TRAFFIC WAS CLEAR & THE PLT ACKNOWLEDGED. THIS WAS THE LAST TRANSMISSION FROM THE ACFT. AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME, A PA-28 PLT ON A 150 DEG HDG SAW AN ACFT (N999YP) AT HIS ONE O'CLOCK POSITION ON A EASTERLY HDG, ABOUT 1 MI AHEAD. HE REPORTED THAT THE ACFT WAS IN A SHALLOW NOSE-DOWN PITCH ATTITUDE & APPEARED TO BE TRAVELING VERY FAST. WHEN THE ACFT MOVED TO HIS 11 O'CLOCK POSITION, IT CAME APART IN THE AIR AT AN ALT OF ABOUT 5000 TO 5500 FT. THE WRECKAGE WAS FOUND FRAGMENTED & SCATTERED OVER A 3000 FT AREA ON AN EAST-WEST DIRECTION. THE STABILATORS HAD SEPARATED FROM THE EMPENNAGE & THE WINGS HAD SEPARATED FROM THE FUSELAGE. THE WING CENTER SPAR WAS FOUND BENT & HAD FAILED FROM OVERLOAD. WX STUDY SHOWED PROBABLE LGT TO MOD TURBC AT 7000 TO 8000 FT MSL. SEAT BELTS/SHLDR HARNESSES WERE UNFASTENED/UNDAMAGED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.