ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 182046
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| Date: | Saturday 5 December 2015 |
| Time: | 19:30 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-181 Archer II |
| Owner/operator: | Ixi Llc |
| Registration: | N47480 |
| MSN: | 28-7890078 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 10721 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360 SER |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Oakland County International Airport (KPTK), Pontiac, MI -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Grand Ledge, MI (4D0) |
| Pontiac, MI (KPTK) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The private certificated pilot and pilot-rated passenger planned on conducting some practice instrument approaches. After conducting a practice approach and landing at a different airport, they departed for the flight back to the departure airport. Night instrument meteorological conditions existed, and the pilot expected to conduct an instrument approach. The tower controller cleared the airplane for the instrument approach to the runway. The pilot reported that the airplane was set up and configured for the approach and that, initially, the airplane was established on the localizer and glideslope; however, it then drifted off course. The pilot-rated passenger reported that he was looking outside the airplane as they passed the final approach fix. When he looked back inside at the instruments, he told the pilot that he was low and left of course. Subsequently, the airplane impacted trees and terrain and then came to rest in an open field. The accident is consistent with controlled flight into terrain due to the pilot flying the airplane below the glideslope and off course during an instrument approach.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s operation of the airplane below the glideslope and off course during a night, instrument approach, which resulted in a collision with trees and terrain.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?nNumberTxt=32SA
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 February 2007 | N47480 | Lehigh Valley Flying Club | 0 | Millbrook, New York | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Dec-2015 17:42 | Geno | Added |
| 07-Dec-2015 07:16 | BTD-1 | Updated [Registration] |
| 21-Mar-2016 16:14 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Damage, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:30 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 01-Dec-2017 15:34 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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