Piper PA-28-181 N2179Y

Summary

On 4 December 1988 at about 04:15 local time, a Piper PA-28-181 registered N2179Y, operated by George Glomeau, was involved in an accident near Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

4 December 1988 at 04:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, United States

Nearest airport

Chambersburg (N68)

Coordinates

40.6993, -79.1593

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-181

Registration

N2179Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

George Glomeau

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Norwood → Charleston

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

NYC89LA042

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

THE PILOT OF THE PIPER PA-28 WAS AT CRUISE ALTITUDE AND GETTING ADVISORIES FROM ATC. ATC GAVE HIM A SIGMET FOR TURBULENCE WHEN HE NOTED HIS FUEL WAS GETTING LOW. HE DECIDED TO LAND AT A NEARBY AIRPORT AND WAS TOLD BY ATC THAT THE AIRPORT HE WANTED WAS AT HIS 12 O'CLOCK POSITION AND 8 MILES. RADAR SERVICE WAS THEN TERMINATED AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE AIRCRAFT RAN OUT OF FUEL. THE PILOT COULD NOT FIND THE AIRPORT AND TRIED TO LAND ON A HIGHWAY. AS HE LINED UP WITH THE HIGHWAY TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK SOME TREES AND A ROAD SIGN. WHEN THE ACFT CONTACTED THE GROUND THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED AND THE ACFT NOSED OVER. THE ACFT SLID 150-200 FT BEFORE STOPPING AGAINST A GUARD RAIL.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.