Piper PA-30 N7617Y

Summary

On 14 July 1987 at about 17:00 local time, a Piper PA-30 registered N7617Y was involved in an accident near Lincolnville, Maine, United States. 4 people were on board and 4 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

14 July 1987 at 17:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Lincolnville, Maine, United States

Nearest airport

Knox Co. Regional (RKD)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-30

Registration

N7617Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Manchester → Rockland

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC87FA204

4 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

THE PLT WAS MAKING AN APPROACH TO KNOX COUNTY ARPT, ROCKLAND ME AND AFTER RECEIVING A WX REPORT FROM UNICOM THAT THE LOCAL WX WAS BELOW APPROACH MINIMUMS HE INDICATED THAT HE WOULD MAKE A MISSED APPROACH. THERE WAS NO FURTHER COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE ACFT. A WITNESS ON TOP OF BALD MOUNTAIN, NEAR THE ARPT, SAID THE FOG WAS VERY THICK AND THAT HE HEARD THE ACFT HIT THE MOUNTAIN. HE ALSO SAID THAT THE ACFT ENG WAS RUNNING SMOOTHLY AND HE HEARD NO SOUNDS OF MALFUNCTION. THE ACFT WAS FOUND APRX 15 MILES FROM THE ARPT ON A 30 DEGREE HEADING. THE PLT HAD EARLIER RECEIVED A REPORT THAT THE WX WAS BELOW MINIMUMS AND NO ACFT HAD ARRIVED AT THE DEST ARPT THAT MORNING. AN INSTRUCTOR WHO HAS GIVEN THE PLT INST TRNG SAID THAT HE OBSERVED A WEAKNESS IN MISSED APPRCH PLANNING DURING TRAINING BUT IT SEEMED TO HAVE BEEN CORRECTED AFTER TRAINING. THE POST ACC INVESTIGATION REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF ACFT MALFUNCTION. NO EVIDENCE OF MEDICAL FACTOR INVOLVEMENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.