NTSB NYC88LA137 — 1988-05-07 · BLAIRSTOWN, New Jersey, United States

Current FAA registration · N6762P

Make / Model: PIPER PA-24-250
Seats / Engines: 4 seats · 1 engine
ADS-B equipped: Yes — Mode-S A8F4AE

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N6762P Piper PA-24-250 None

Factual narrative

THE FLIGHT WAS ON FINAL FOR RUNWAY 7 FOLLOWING ANOTHER AIRPLANE, WHEN THE PILOT'S ATTENTION WAS DRAWN TO A GLIDER MANEUVERING IN THE AREA. HE YIELDED LEFT TO MAINTAIN A COMFORTABLE DISTANCE FROM THE GLIDER AND FAILED TO OBSERVE AN ANTENNA TOWER IN HIS PATH. THE AIRPLANE STRUCK THE ANTENNA THEN CONTINUED INBOUND AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1988_NYC88LA137.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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