ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 371327
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| Date: | Saturday 2 April 1988 |
| Time: | 00:52 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-32-300 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N32076 |
| MSN: | 75-40013 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1731 hours |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING IO-540-K1A5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Quincy, IL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Wooster, OH (KBJJ) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
DRG A NIGHT ARRIVAL, THE PLT WAS CLEARED FOR AN ILS RWY 4 APCH AFTER BEING ADZD THE SKY WAS PARTIALLY OBSCURED, MEASUREDCEILING 200' OVERCAST, VIS 1/2 MI WITH FOG, WIND 080 AT 17 KTS. MINS FOR THE APCH WERE 200' CEILING & 1/2 MI VIS. THE PLT WAS CLEARED TO BEGIN THE APCH FROM A 7 MI DME ARC. AS THE ACFT DESCENDED ON THE APCH, RADAR CONTACT WAS LOST & THE PLT WAS CLEARED TO CONTACT QUINCY RADIO. AS THE PLT RPRTD PASSING THE QUINCY VOR (JUST SHORT OF THE ILS OUTER MARKER/FINAL APCH FIX), THE FSS SPECIALIST ADVISED HIM THE VIS HAD DROPPED TO 3/8 MI. AFTER THE PLT RPRTD PASSING THE OUTER MARKER, RADIO CONTACT WAS LOST, EXCEPT FOR THE SOUND OF A KEYED MIKE. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT HIT TREES & CRASHED WELL LEFT OF THE ILS CENTERLINE, APRX 3/10 MI WEST FROM THE APCH END OF RWY 4. NO PRE-ACDNT MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE OF THE ACFT OR ILS FACILITY WAS FOUND.
Probable Cause: DESCENT BELOW THE DH BY THE PILOT IN COMMAND DURING AN INSTRUMENT APPROACH INTO KNOWN ADVERSE WEATHER RATHER THEN PROCEEDING TO A SUITABLE ALTERNATE DESTINATION.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI88FA090
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| 1 April 1988 | N32076 | private | 2 | Quincy, IL | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 25-Mar-2024 20:27 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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