ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 37091
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| Date: | Thursday 25 April 1985 |
| Time: | 21:52 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-24-260 |
| Owner/operator: | Dodge City Farm & Industrial |
| Registration: | N8852P |
| MSN: | 24-4308 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1965 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4745 hours |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL IO-540-D4A5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Wakeeney, KS -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Dodge City, KS (DOD) |
| Hill City, KS (HLC) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
ON A X-COUNTRY FLT FROM DODGE CITY, KS, TO HILL CITY, KS, THE PLT ENCOUNTERED IFR WX CONDITIONS AROUND WAKEENEY, KS. THE IFR CONDITIONS WERE NOT FORECAST FOR HIS AREA OF flight. A 2000 CST OBSERVATION AT HILL CITY, KS, WAS INDICATING IFR CONDITIONS EXISTING APRX 2 HRS PRIOR. HILL CITY, KS, IS 22 MI NORTH OF WAKEENEY, KS. THE PLT DID NOT RECEIVE ANY WX BRIEFING FOR CURRENT WX CONDITIONS AT CITY HALL OR THE SURROUNDING AREA OF flight. NO RECORD OF THE PLT FILING A FLT PLAN FOR THE ROUTE OF FLT WAS RECEIVED. INVESTIGATION DID NOT REVEAL ANY MECHANICAL FAILURE/MALFUNCTION PRIOR TO IMPACT. WITNESSES HEARD THE ACFT FLY OVER JUST PRIOR TO IMPACT AND NOTED WX CONDITIONS AS VERY POOR AT THE TIME. THE ACFT IMPACTED TERRAIN HEADING EAST, APRX 2 1/2 MI NORTH OF THE WAKEENEY ARPT. NO PHYSICAL INCAPACITATION OF THE PLT WAS NOTED. CAUSE:
Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001214X36279
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:23 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
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