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NYC88LA043

1987-11-15 · MONTOURSVILLE, Pennsylvania, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport IPT

N9055F has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (CESSNA 208B, built 2022), which was not involved in this event.

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Factual narrative

AFTER TAKEOFF, THE PLT REMAINED IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN TO PRACTICE TAKEOFFS & LANDINGS. HE MADE A TOUCH-&-GO, THEN RPRTD ON A RIGHT DOWNWIND FOR ANOTHER LANDING. HE ACKNOWLEDGED A CLEARANCE TO CONTINUE, BUT MOMENTS LATER, AN ELT SIGNAL BEGAN TRANSMITTING. ABOUT 1 HR LATER, THE ACFT WAS FND WHERE IT HIT TREES & CRASHED, APRX 2-1/2 MI NW OF THE ARPT, NEAR THE TOP OF A HILL. ELEV OF THE CRASH SITE WAS ABOUT 985 FT; THE ARPT ELEV WAS 529 FT. NO PREIMPACT PART FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION WAS FND. AN OBSTRUCTION LIGHT HAD BEEN INSTALLED ON THE HILLTOP, BUT IT HAD BEEN INOP FOR SVRL YEARS. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1987_NYC88LA043.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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