Piper PA-28-181 N8289T

Summary

On 26 September 1988 at about 18:18 local time, a Piper PA-28-181 registered N8289T, operated by P.c.g. Air, was involved in an accident near Keene, New Hampshire, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

26 September 1988 at 18:18

Classification

Accident

Location

Keene, New Hampshire, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-181

Registration

N8289T

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

P.c.g. Air

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Marthasvineyard → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC88LA243

1 person was seriously 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 PLT RECEIVED A HEAD INJ AND WAS NOT ABLE TO RELATE THE DETAILS OF THE ACDT. THE ACFT CRASHED INTO TREES ABOUT 3 MI SHORT OF THE LANDING RWY AT THE CONCLUSION OF A CROSS COUNTRY FLT. AN FAA INSP EXAMINED THE WRECKAGE AND REPORTED THAT THE FUEL SELECTOR WAS SET ON THE RT FUEL TANK WHICH WAS EMPTY. FURTHER EXAM REVEALED THERE WAS NO FUEL IN ANY OF THE LINES BETWEEN THE FUEL SELECTOR AND THE ENG AND THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF A LEAK IN THE FUEL TANK SELECTED. THE LT WING BROKE OFF THE FUSELAGE DURING THE ACDT AND WAS HANGING IN A TREE AT THE TIME OF THE EXAMINATION. THE ENG WAS RUN AFTER THE ACDT AND NO EVIDENCE OF A FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION WAS FOUND.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.