19900222003459A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-32RT-300 · Lostant, IL · February 22, 1990

Date
February 22, 1990 · 19:06 local
Place
Lostant, IL
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N3063B
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI90FA087
Reported as
Piper PA32RT300
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540K1G5
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
3
Pilot’s flight hours
971 total128 in this make and model43 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Operated into known icing conditions. Ice accumulated. Lost control, impacted and disintergrated in open field.

As the FAA filed it

OPERATED INTO KNOWN ICING CONDITIONS. ICE ACCUMULATED. LOST CONTROL, IMPACTED AND DISINTERGRATED IN OPEN FIELD.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.