Piper PA-28-140 N6489R

Summary

On 5 March 1987 at about 17:15 local time, a Piper PA-28-140 registered N6489R was involved in an accident near Locke, New York, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

5 March 1987 at 17:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Locke, New York, United States

Coordinates

42.6594, -76.4295

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-140

Registration

N6489R

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Elmira → Watertown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC87FA101

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 STUDENT PILOT OF THE PA-140 WAS PERFORMING A SOLO X-COUNTRY FLIGHT. HE HAD MADE A FUEL STOP APPROX 20 MINS PRIOR TO THE CRASH. WITNESS OBSERVED AN AIRCRAFT FLYING LOW AND REMARKED THAT THE ENGINE SOUNDED VERY LOUD JUST BEFORE CRASHING INTO AN OCCUPIED DWELLING AND DESTROYING THE HOUSE AND FATALLY INJURING THE PILOT. THE PILOT LOST CONTROL IN FLIGHT FOR UNKNOWN REASONS. NO PREIMPACT MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION/FAILURE WAS FOUND.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.