ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 37955
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| Date: | Wednesday 27 October 1982 |
| Time: | 11:20 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31P Pressurized Navajo |
| Owner/operator: | Standard Fittings |
| Registration: | N100FD |
| MSN: | 31P-7400226 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Carrollton, Donton County, Texas -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | St. Landry Parish Airport, Opelousas, Louisiana (OPL/KOPL) |
| Dallas Love Field, Dallas, Texas (DAL/KDAL) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A PA-31, N100FD, WAS BEING VECTORED BY DALLAS FORT WORTH APPROACH CONTROL (APCH CTL) FOR A LANDING ON RUNWAY 13L AT DALLAS-LOVE FIELD, DALLAS TEXAS. THE PILOT'S LAST RECEIVED & ACKNOWLEDGED INSTRUCTIONS WERE TO DESCEND & MAINTAIN 2000 FEET & TURN LEFT TO 190 DEGREES. SIMULTANEOUSLY,A CESSNA 337, N72430, DEPARTED RUNWAY 15 AT ADDISON AIRPORT, UNDER TOWER CONTROL, & WAS TO MAKE A RIGHT CLIMBING TURN OF APPROXIMATELY 180 DEGREES.
TWO MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF, THE PILOT ASKED FOR & GOT APPROVAL FOR A FREQUENCY CHANGE. 24 SECONDS LATER, HE CONTACTED APPROACH CONTROL STATING HE HAD JUST DEPARTED ADDISON & WAS CLIMBING TO 2500 FEET ON A 300 DEGREE HEADING. THE CONTROLLER MISUNDERSTOOD THE PILOT'S DEPARTURE POINT & INSTRUCTED HIM TO CHANGE TO FREQUENCY 120.5. THE 2 AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY COLLIDED. A 2000 FEET CEILING WAS REPORTED, 2 WITNESSES STATED THEY COULD SEE MORE BLUE SKY THAN CLOUDS. A WITNESS APPROXIMATELY 8 MILES AWAY SAW A FIREBALL IN THE CLOUDS
INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE CONTROLLER, VECTORING N100FD, PREMATURELY CLEARED THE AIRCRAFT TO AN ALTITUDE WHICH WAS BELOW THE CEILING OF THE ADDISON AIRPORT TRAFFIC AREA & PRIOR TO REACHING THE AIRSPACE DELEGATED FOR THAT PURPOSE BY AN ATC LETTER OF AGREEMENT. ALL FOUR PERSONS ON BOARD [PILOT AND THREE PASSENGERS] WERE KILLED
Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: FTW83AA024A at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20020917X04634&key=1
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=100FD
3. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1982/archives/crash-of-a-piper-pa-31-navajo-chieftain-in-dallas-3-killed/]
4. http://planecrashmap.com/plane/tx/N100FD/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 13-Jun-2015 20:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:23 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 27-Sep-2017 22:54 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
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