19851118057629A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Chester, SC · November 18, 1985

Date: November 18, 1985 · 08:18 local
Place: Chester, SC
Airport: Chester
Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N123TT
NTSB investigation: NTSBATL86FA026
Reported as: Piper PA23250
Reported engine: Lycoming IO540C4B5
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 6,000 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N123TTRegistration cancelled Apr 23, 1993 · Piper PA-23-250S/N 274247 Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250

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What happened

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Struck steel ground cables atop transmission line tower near destination airport in very poor visibility.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK STEEL GROUND CABLES ATOP TRANSMISSION LINE TOWER NEAR DESTINATION AIRPORT IN VERY POOR VISIBILITY.

NTSB investigation

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NTSB ATL86FA026Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportChester, SCWitnesses at the accident site estimated the ground visibility to be 100 yds or less. The instrument rated plt on the 32 NM flt had not filed a flt plan even though he had obtained a wx briefing from fss. The acft collided with the steel cables atop steel…Nov 18, 1985 · Destroyed