ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 44980
This information is added by users of ASN. Neither ASN nor the Flight Safety Foundation are responsible for the completeness or correctness of this information.
If you feel this information is incomplete or incorrect, you can
submit corrected information.
Date: | Wednesday 17 December 2003 |
Time: | 18:30 |
Type: | Piper PA-32-260 |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N3733W |
MSN: | 32-647 |
Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
Total airframe hrs: | 3535 hours |
Engine model: | Lycoming O-540-E4B5 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Brooklyn, IA -
United States of America
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Wheeling, IL (PWK) |
Destination airport: | Ankeny, IA (IKV) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The airplane was destroyed when it impacted a cornfield during cruise flight. Night instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The flight was operating under visual flight rules (VFR), and no flight plan was filed. There was no record of the pilot contacting air traffic control facilities or Flight Service Stations while en route. There were no witnesses to the accident. The pilot was a private pilot but he was not instrument qualified. The pilot's logbook indicated that he flew 0.5 hours of night time 30 days prior to the accident, and that he recorded 3 landings to a full stop. The pilot's previous night flight, which was 0.6 hours in length, was logged nine months prior to the accident. The observed weather about 26 nautical miles west of the accident site, was: Winds 260 degrees at 7 knots, visibility 2 statute miles, light snow, ceiling 700 feet overcast, temperature 1 degree C, dew point 0 degree C, altimeter 29.89 inches of mercury. The postaccident inspection of the airplane revealed no preexisting anomalies that could be associated with a pre-impact condition.
Probable Cause: The pilot's inadequate planning/decision resulting in VFR flight into IMC, and his failure to maintain terrain clearance resulting in in-flight collision with terrain. Contributing factors to the accident were the pilot's lack of an instrument rating, his lack of recent night flying experience, the dark night, and the low ceilings.
Accident investigation:
|
| |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | CHI04FA044 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
|
Sources:
NTSB:
https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20031222X02073&key=1 Location
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
28-Oct-2008 00:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
21-Dec-2016 19:24 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
08-Dec-2017 20:26 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
The Aviation Safety Network is an exclusive service provided by:
CONNECT WITH US:
©2024 Flight Safety Foundation