Piper PA-32-260 N3632W

Summary

On 12 December 1987 at about 17:55 local time, a Piper PA-32-260 registered N3632W was involved in an accident near Moultrie, Georgia, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

12 December 1987 at 17:55

Classification

Accident

Location

Moultrie, Georgia, United States

Nearest airport

Moultrie (MGB)

Coordinates

31.1607, -83.7709

Aircraft

Piper PA-32-260

Registration

N3632W

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Aberdeen → Daytona Beach

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL88FA060

3 people 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 PLT WAS ON A PERSONAL VFR FLT WITH HIS WIFE AND SON. DURING THE COURSE OF THE FLT, HE ENTERED DETERIORATING WEATHER CONDITIONS. HE WAS ADVISED THAT THERE WERE SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AHEAD. HE CONTINUED ON HIS TRACK AND ADVISED APCH CONTROL THAT HE HAD LOST CONTACT WITH THE GROUND AND THOUGHT HE HAD BETTER TURN BACK UNLESS HE BROKE OUT SHORTLY. APCH CONTROL OBSERVED THE RADAR RETURN BEGIN A RIGHT TURN AND THE PLT'S TRANSMISSION WAS CUT OFF DURING THE TURN. RADAR CONTACT WAS LOST AT 2,500 FEET AND THE ACFT WRECKAGE WAS FOUND SCATTERED OVER ALMOST 1,000 FEET. THE ACFT HAD BROKEN UP IN FLIGHT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.