Piper PA-34-200T N2083K

Summary

On 21 March 1987 at about 00:15 local time, a Piper PA-34-200T registered N2083K, operated by Wilbur Highleyman, was involved in an accident near Rutland, Vermont, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

21 March 1987 at 00:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Rutland, Vermont, United States

Nearest airport

Rutland (RUT)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-34-200T

Registration

N2083K

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Wilbur Highleyman

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Norwood → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

NYC87LA112

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

DRG ARRIVAL, THE PLT WAS CLEARED FOR AN LDA/NDB APCH TO RWY 19. WHEN SHE 'WENT VISUAL' ON THE APCH, A CHECK OF THE VASI SHOWED SHE WAS HI, SO SHE SLIPPED THE ACFT TO LOSE ALT. THE WINDS WERE RPRTD AS LIGHT & VARIABLE, BUT PLT RPRTD THAT DRGTHE LNDG, THERE WAS A SLIGHT TAIL WIND & THE ACFT WAS SLIGHTLY FAST WHICH CAUSED IT TO FLOAT. SHE ESTD THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 1/3 OF THE WAY DOWN THE RWY. AT THAT POINT, THERE SEEMED TO BE SUFFICIENT RWY REMAINING; HOWEVER, THE PLT NOTED NO BRAKING ACTION ON THE WET RWY. THE RATED PASSENGER IN THE RGT FRONT SEAT ALSO APPLIED BRAKES, BUT TO NO AVAIL. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT CONTD OFF THE RWY, WENT OVER A 20 FT EMBANKMENT & CAME TO REST INVERTED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.