Piper PA-28-140 N9715W

Summary

On 27 July 1988 at about 05:30 local time, a Piper PA-28-140 registered N9715W, operated by Air Ground Leasing, was involved in an accident near Pocantico Hills, New York, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

27 July 1988 at 05:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Pocantico Hills, New York, United States

Nearest airport

Westchester (HPN)

Coordinates

41.1309, -73.7799

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-140

Registration

N9715W

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Air Ground Leasing

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Block Island → White Plains

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

NYC88FA196

2 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 NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PRIVATE PILOT DEPARTED IN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT CONDITIONS AGAINST THE ADVICE OF SEVERAL PEOPLE HE TALKED TO. APPROXIMATELY 1 HOUR AND 30 MINUTES AFTER DEPARTURE THE FIRST OF FOUR OR FIVE MAYDAY CALLS WERE HEARD BY BRIDGEPORT RADIO AND AN AIRCRAFT FLYING IN THE BRIDGEPORT, CT AREA. ELT SIGNALS WERE HEARD DURING VARIOUS ATTEMPTS TO MAKE CONTACT WITH N9715W AND PRIOR TO THE LAST KNOWN TRANSMISSION FROM THE AIRCRAFT WHICH WAS ABOUT 30 MINUTES BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. A WITNESS, WHO LIVES NEAR THE OUTER MARKER FOR THE ILS AT RUNWAY 16 AT WESTCHESTER COUNTY AIRPORT, HEARD AN AIRCRAFT FLY OVER HIS HOUSE TWICE, THE SECOND TIME HE THOUGHT THAT IT WAS GOING TO COLLIDE WITH THE GROUND. HE STATED THAT THE TIME WAS ABOUT 0130 AND THE WEATHER WAS 'ZERO, ZERO.' THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH TREES IN HILLY TERRAIN NEAR THE AIRPORT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.