ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 287912
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| Date: | Sunday 21 November 2010 |
| Time: | 05:00 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-24-260 |
| Owner/operator: | Four Wins LLC |
| Registration: | N8675P |
| MSN: | 24-4123 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1965 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 6223 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-540 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Norfolk, Nebraska -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Chamberlain, SD (9V9) |
| Omaha-Millard Airport, NE (KMLE) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The non-instrument rated pilot and passenger departed on a night cross-country flight. When the airplane did not show up at its destination, a search was initiated. The following evening, the airplane wreckage was located in an open field. A local resident near the accident site reported that she saw an airplane flying really low, at night. She added, that at the time she saw the airplane, the weather was misty and cold. Around the time the witness saw the airplane, the automated weather reporting station, located about 12.5 miles from the accident site, reported a cloud ceiling at 700 feet mean sea level. The airplane collided with the top of a tree, located along a tree line that crossed the airplane's flight path. A postaccident examination did not disclose any evidence of a pre-impact mechanical malfunction. The accident information is consistent with a non-instrument rated pilot trying to fly beneath the clouds at low altitude, at night, in marginal weather conditions. Due to the night and instrument meteorological conditions the pilot most likely would not have been able to see and avoid the tree; the impact and subsequent ground collision were consistent with a controlled flight into terrain event.
Probable Cause: The pilot's decision to continue the flight into instrumental meteorological conditions which resulted in a collision with a tree.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CEN11FA079
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Oct-2022 16:41 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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