Piper PA-28R-200 N33007

Summary

On 19 December 1987 at about 01:00 local time, a Piper PA-28R-200 registered N33007 was involved in an accident near Burnet, Texas, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

19 December 1987 at 01:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Burnet, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Horseshoe Bay (4R2)

Coordinates

30.7591, -98.2204

Aircraft

Piper PA-28R-200

Registration

N33007

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Houston → Horseshoe Bay

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

FTW88FA038

1 person 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

THE PILOT ARRIVED IN THE AREA OF HIS PLANNED DESTINATION AND COMPLETED THE OUTBOUND AND INBOUND PROCEDURE TURNS FOR THE NDB RUNWAY 17 APPROACH WITHOUT REPORTED INCIDENT. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY THEREAFTER, THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED A LARGE OAK TREE ABOUT 15 FEET AGL OR 1265 FEET MSL, ON A HILLTOP 12 MILES NORTH OF AND INBOUND TO THE AIRPORT. HIS MDA WAS 1840 MSL OR 590 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND WHERE THE IMPACT OCCURRED. THE REQUIRED CHECKS OF THE ALTIMETER AND STATIC SYSTEM WERE CURRENT, HAVING BEEN CONDUCTED THREE MONTHS BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. WITNESSES NEAR THE ACCD SITE INDICATED THAT THE VISIBILITY AT ABT THE TIME OF THE ACCD WAS NEAR ZERO. INFO FM THE PLTS LOGBOOKS REVEALED THAT HE HAD FLOWN INTO THE ARPT ON A REGULAR BASIS FOR THE LAST 4 TO 5 YRS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.