Bomberger VANS RV-4 N86AB

Summary

On 30 July 1986 at about 16:00 local time, a Bomberger VANS RV-4 registered N86AB was involved in an accident near Friedens, Pennsylvania, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

30 July 1986 at 16:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Friedens, Pennsylvania, United States

Coordinates

40.0394, -79.0009

Aircraft

Bomberger VANS RV-4

Registration

N86AB

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Schaefferstown → Oshkosh

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC86FGM05

2 people were seriously injured.

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

DUE TO A LOW CEILING AND POOR VISIBILITY, THE PLT DECIDED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AT SOMERSET ARPT. UNABLE TO LOCATE THE ARPT, A LANDING WAS BEING MADE TO A FIELD WHEN THE ACFT STALLED INTO TREES DURING THE APPROACH.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.