Piper PA-28-180 N7987W

Summary

On 18 April 1987 at about 00:18 local time, a Piper PA-28-180 registered N7987W, operated by Bruce E.johnson, was involved in an accident near York, Pennsylvania, United States. 4 people were on board and 4 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

18 April 1987 at 00:18

Classification

Accident

Location

York, Pennsylvania, United States

Nearest airport

York-Thomasville (THV)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-180

Registration

N7987W

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Bruce E.johnson

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Charleston → York

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

NYC87FA127

4 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 PIPER PA-28-180 WAS MAKING AN NDB INSTRUMENT APPROACH UNDER INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AT NIGHT. THE PILOT MANUEVERED THE AIRCRAFT OVER THE AIRPORT SEVERAL TIMES IN AN APPARENT ATTEMPT TO ACQUIRE VISUAL CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY, LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND IMPACTED LEVEL TERRAIN NEXT TO THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT FAILED TO FOLLOW THE INSTRUMENT APPROACH PROCEDURE. A FEW MINUTES AFTER THE NOISE OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS NO LONGER HEARD, THE WRECKAGE WAS FOUND AT THE EDGE OF THE AIRPORT. THE PILOT AND THREE PASSENGERS WERE FATALLY INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY A HIGH SPEED IMPACT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BASED AT THE AIRPORT WHERE THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.