Piper PA-23-250 N40395
17 April 1987 · Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 17 April 1987 at about 02:08 local time, a Piper PA-23-250 registered N40395, operated by Haverford-Covington, Inc., was involved in an accident near Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 02:08
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States
- Nearest airport
- Nantucket (ACK)
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-23-250
- Registration
- N40395
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Haverford-Covington, Inc.
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Teterboro → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Night/Dark
- NTSB number
- NYC87LA123
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Probable cause
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 PIPER PA-23-250 ATTEMPTED A GO-AROUND AFTER CROSSING THE THRESHOLD AND OBSERVING THE RUNWAY LIGHTS WERE NOT ON DURING A NIGHT INSTRUMENT APPROACH. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE ADDED FULL POWER AND RETRACTED THE WING FLAPS. THE PROCEDURE IN THE PIPER MANUAL IS TO ADD FULL POWER, RETRACT THE LANDING GEAR, AND THEN SLOWLY RETRACT THE WING FLAPS. THE AIRCRAFT MADE GROUND CONTACT WITH THE LANDING GEAR STILL EXTENDED AND IT PASSED THROUGH A DRAINAGE DITCH.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Piper PA-23 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Mar 1987 | Piper PA-23-250 | George West, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 28 Aug 1987 | Piper PA-23-160 | Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, United States | Karl Kovacs | Fatal | 3 |
| 10 Nov 1987 | Piper PA-23-250 | Miami, Florida, United States | Munim, Mary Ellen | No injuries | - |
| 12 Mar 1987 | Piper PA-23-250 | Chandler, Arizona, United States | Chandler Air Service | No injuries | - |
| 16 Aug 1987 | Piper PA-23-250 | Mc Allen, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 23 Dec 1987 | Piper PA-23-250 | Marathon, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
All 1,716 records for this type
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Jul 1987 | Aerospatiale AS350D | Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States | Jones, Jones & Welch | No injuries | - |
| 4 Aug 1987 | Piper PA-28-161 | N. Andover, Massachusetts, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 27 Sep 1987 | Piper PA-28-161 | Stow, Massachusetts, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 10 Apr 1987 | Sprague CHRISTIAN EAGLE II | North Adams, Massachusetts, United States | Robert C. Sprague, JR. | Fatal | 1 |
| 20 Sep 1987 | Cessna 172P | Fitchburg, Massachusetts, United States | Richmor Aviation | Serious injuries | - |
| 12 Apr 1987 | Cessna 402C | Hyannis, Massachusetts, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |