Piper PA-34-200T N2221E

Summary

On 28 March 1987 at about 07:35 local time, a Piper PA-34-200T registered N2221E, operated by Seaboard Air Charter, Inc., was involved in an accident near Georgetown, Delaware, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

28 March 1987 at 07:35

Classification

Accident

Location

Georgetown, Delaware, United States

Nearest airport

Georgetown Sussex County (GED)

Coordinates

38.6908, -75.3796

Aircraft

Piper PA-34-200T

Registration

N2221E

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Seaboard Air Charter, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Executive/Corporate

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Wildwood → Georgetown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

ATL87FA100

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 PLT WAS CLEARED FOR APPROACH WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO CLOSE FLT PLAN UPON LANDING. APRX THIRTY MIN LATER APPROACH CONTROL CALLED THE FSS AND ASKED IF THE PLT HAD BEEN IN CONTACT. THE REPLY WAS NEGATIVE. NO FURTHER ACTION WAS TAKEN BY APPROACH CONTROL. WRECKAGE WAS SPOTTED THE NEXT DAY ABOUT A MILE FROM THE ARPT AND LATER IDENTIFIED AS THE MISSING ACFT. THE PILOT DID NOT HAVE A VALID MEDICAL CERTIFICATE. EXAMINATION OF THE ACFT AND ENG DID NOT REVEAL ANY DISCREPANCIES.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.