Piper PA-32-300 N9055F

Summary

On 16 November 1987 at about 01:44 local time, a Piper PA-32-300 registered N9055F, operated by Robert Theodore Peet, was involved in an accident near Montoursville, Pennsylvania, United States. 4 people were on board and 3 were seriously injured, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

16 November 1987 at 01:44

Classification

Accident

Location

Montoursville, Pennsylvania, United States

Nearest airport

Williamsport/Lycoming Co (IPT)

Coordinates

41.2392, -76.9207

Aircraft

Piper PA-32-300

Registration

N9055F

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Robert Theodore Peet

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Williamsport → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

NYC88LA043

3 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

AFTER TAKEOFF, THE PLT REMAINED IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN TO PRACTICE TAKEOFFS & LANDINGS. HE MADE A TOUCH-&-GO, THEN RPRTD ON A RIGHT DOWNWIND FOR ANOTHER LANDING. HE ACKNOWLEDGED A CLEARANCE TO CONTINUE, BUT MOMENTS LATER, AN ELT SIGNAL BEGAN TRANSMITTING. ABOUT 1 HR LATER, THE ACFT WAS FND WHERE IT HIT TREES & CRASHED, APRX 2-1/2 MI NW OF THE ARPT, NEAR THE TOP OF A HILL. ELEV OF THE CRASH SITE WAS ABOUT 985 FT; THE ARPT ELEV WAS 529 FT. NO PREIMPACT PART FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION WAS FND. AN OBSTRUCTION LIGHT HAD BEEN INSTALLED ON THE HILLTOP, BUT IT HAD BEEN INOP FOR SVRL YEARS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.