ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 45127
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Date: | Tuesday 5 August 2003 |
Time: | 16:45 |
Type: | Piper PA-28-180 |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N4577T |
MSN: | 28-7205187 |
Year of manufacture: | 1972 |
Total airframe hrs: | 4303 hours |
Engine model: | Lycoming O-360-A4A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Clarkfield, MN -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Norfolk, NE (OFK) |
Destination airport: | Montevideo, MN (MVE) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The airplane was destroyed on impact with terrain. Visual to instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) prevailed in the area. A visual flight rules (VFR) flight plan was on file. The pilot was fatally injured. The wreckage was found during a search for the airplane because the pilot did not arrive as he had flight planned. A pilot flying in the area stated, "I was IMC until I descended to 1000 ft above the ground." An agricultural spray pilot in the area delayed his takeoff because he thought the weather was too low. A witness stated, "The cloud cover was low 100' to 150'. ... The plane was in [and] out of the clouds, going in a northern direction." An on-scene investigation was performed. No anomalies were found.
Probable Cause: The pilot not maintaining altitude/clearance from terrain and his continued VFR flight into IMC during cruise flight. A factor was the low ceilings.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | CHI03FA246 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB:
https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20030812X01313&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 19:08 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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