Piper PA-30 N7937Y

Summary

On 16 May 1987 at about 02:23 local time, a Piper PA-30 registered N7937Y was involved in an accident near Raleigh, North Carolina, 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.

Date

16 May 1987 at 02:23

Classification

Accident

Location

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Nearest airport

Raleigh-Durham (RDU)

Coordinates

35.8303, -78.8309

Aircraft

Piper PA-30

Registration

N7937Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Gaithersburg → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Bright

NTSB number

ATL87LA139

Nobody was injured.

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 FAILED TO MAINTAIN A PROPER DESCENT RATE ON THE APPROACH FOR LANDING. HE SAID THE RIGHT ENGINE FAILED TO RESPOND WHEN HE ADDED POWER TO ARREST THE RATE OF DESCENT AND THEREAFTER, HE APPLIED FULL POWER TO EITHER GO-AROUND OR LAND FURTHER DOWN THE RUNWAY. THE RIGHT ENGINE STILL FAILED TO RESPOND AND HE CUT ALL POWER BUT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND RAN OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. EXAMINATION OF THE RIGHT ENGINE SHOWED NO EVIDENCE OF IN-FLIGHT FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.