Plane Crash List

Piper PA-28RT-201T N2888B

25 May 1987 · Ogden, Utah, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 25 May 1987 at about 19:34 local time, a Piper PA-28RT-201T registered N2888B was involved in an accident near Ogden, Utah, United States. 4 people were on board and 4 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 19:34
Classification
Accident
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States
Nearest airport
Ogden Municipal (OGD)
Coordinates
41.1493, -111.9792
Aircraft
Piper PA-28RT-201T
Registration
N2888B
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Rapid City → Elko
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
DEN87FA134

People

4 people were seriously injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
4 0 4 0 0

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

ACFT DEPARTED RAPID CITY, SD, EN ROUTE TO ELKO, NV. WHILE IN CRUISE FLT IN IMC AT 12,000 FT, ENG LOST ALL PWR. ACFT WAS OVER MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN AND ATC ISSUED PLT VECTORS THROUGH CANYON. ACFT BROKE OUT OF OVERCAST AT 8000 FT MSL (ABOUT 1500 FT AGL) AND 6 MI FROM ARPT. PLT ELECTED TO STRETCH GLIDE AND ATTEMPT LANDING AT ARPT INSTEAD OF LANDING IN NEARBY OPEN AREAS. ACFT STRUCK UNOCCUPIED WAREHOUSE AND CRASHED IN EMPTY SALVAGE YARD ACROSS STREET IN DOWNTOWN OGDEN, UT. DISASSEMBLY OF ENGINE REVEALED CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF #1 CONNECTING ROD DUE TO FATIGUE. THE FATIGUE HAD ORIGINATED IN AN AREA OF SURFACE DECARBURIZATION AND SCALE INCLUSIONS. TELEDYNE-CONTINENTAL'S SERVICE BULLETIN M86-11 HAD NOT BEEN ACCOMPLISHED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

Other Piper PA-28RT accidents

Date Aircraft Location Operator Outcome Died
15 Aug 1987 Piper PA-28RT-201T
N8288A
Vergennes, Vermont, United States
no coordinates
- No injuries -
16 Apr 1987 Piper PA-28RT-201
N539FT
Grant, Florida, United States - No injuries -
12 Jul 1987 Piper PA-28RT-201
N2904A
Chelsea, Michigan, United States - No injuries -
4 Jul 1987 Piper PA-28RT-201T
N8274U
Galveston, Texas, United States
no coordinates
Curtis B. Cooper No injuries -
17 Oct 1987 Piper PA-28RT-201
N43551
Buena Park, California, United States General Aviation Company Fatal 1
28 Aug 1987 Piper PA-28RT-201T
N3025W
Kings Point, New York, United States - Fatal 1

All 151 records for this type

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no coordinates
- No injuries -
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15 Jan 1987 Swearingen SA-226TC
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