Piper PA-34-200T N47364

Summary

On 1 January 1985 at about 18:15 local time, a Piper PA-34-200T registered N47364, operated by Gabriel Wynters, was involved in an accident near Hopkinton, New Hampshire, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

1 January 1985 at 18:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Hopkinton, New Hampshire, United States

Nearest airport

Lebanon, Nh (LEB)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-34-200T

Registration

N47364

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Gabriel Wynters

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Cross Keys → Lebanon

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC85FNC02

2 people were seriously 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 ACFT COLLIDED WITH A TREE DURING AN ILS APPROACH IN IMC WX. THE ACFT WAS ON A X-CTY FLT AND THE PLT DECLARED A MISSED APPROACH AT THIS PT BUT DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE HITTING THE TREE. WHEN THE RT ENG QUIT AND DIRECTIONAL CONTROL COULD NOT BE MAINTAINED THE PLT ELECTED TO MAKE A POWER OFF LANDING OFF ARPT IN AN OPEN AREA. MORE TREE COLLISIONS OCCURRED DURING LNDG AND A HARD TOUCHDOWN WAS MADE ON ROLLING TERRAIN. NO MECHANICAL DISCREPANCIES WERE FOUND ON THE ACFT. THE PLT HAD ACCEPTED THE ACFT WITH THE LEFT ALTERNATOR REMOVED FOR REPAIRS. THE PURPOSE OF THE FLT WAS TO TRANSPORT THE PLTS MOTHER TO HER HOME IN NH. THE ILS APPROACH HAD BEEN ATTEMPTED AT LEBANON, NH.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.