ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 362708
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| Date: | Thursday 5 November 1992 |
| Time: | 00:30 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28R-180 |
| Owner/operator: | Aero Center 1, Inc |
| Registration: | N4935J |
| MSN: | 28R-306657 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5484 hours |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING IO-360-B1E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Evanston, WY -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Gillette, WY (KGCC) |
| Salt Lake City, UT (KSLC) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PILOT OBTAINED A WX BRIEFING, FILED A FLT PLAN AND TOOK OFF ON AN IFR X COUNTRY FLT INTO AN AREA OF FORECAST MODERATE ICING CONDITIONS IN AN ACFT NOT EQUIPPED OR CERTIFIED FOR THE FLT. WHEN HE ENCOUNTERED ACFT ICING DURING THE FLT, HE REQUESTED RADAR VECTORS TO THE NEAREST AIRPORT, AND WAS CLEARED FOR AN INSTRUMENT APPROACH FOR LANDING. AFTER FLYING THE APPROACH, THE PILOT CIRCLED IN VMC WHILE SCRAPING ICE FROM THE WINDSHIELD FOR VISBY TO LAND. THE ACFT DESCENDED BELOW THE LEVEL OF THE APRT, LOCATED ON A BLUFF, AND WAS UNABLE TO CLIMB TO REACH THE RUNWAY FOR LANDING. THE ACFT IMPACTED ON THE SIDE OF THE BLUFF 1/2 MILE FROM THE RUNWAY.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S DISREGARD OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER ADVISORY, RESULTING IN FLT INTO FORECAST ICING CONDITIONS IN AN ACFT NOT EQUIPPED OR CERTIFIED FOR THE FLT, AND THE IMPROPER INFLT PLANNING BY PILOT DURING THE VFR APPROACH THAT RESULTED IN IMPACT WITH TERRAIN SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. A FACTOR RELATING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE PILOT DIVERTED HIS ATTENTION TO SCRAPING ICE FROM THE WINDSHIELD DURING THE VFR APPROACH FOR LANDING.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB SEA93LA016
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Mar-2024 09:29 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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