19930115009449A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-32-300 · Ligonier, PA · January 15, 1993

Date: January 15, 1993 · 08:33 local
Place: Ligonier, PA
Phase of flight: Scud Running
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N28196
NTSB investigation: NTSBBFO93FA050
Reported as: Piper PA32300
Reported engine: Lycoming IO540K1G5
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 2
Pilot’s flight hours: 194 total4 in this make and model

N28196Registration cancelled May 18, 1993 · Piper PA-32-300S/N 327940116 Airframe modelPiper PA-32-300

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What happened

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VFR not advised. Departed anyway. Struck trees on cloud obscured mountaintop. No anomalies.

As the FAA filed it

VFR NOT ADVISED. DEPARTED ANYWAY. STRUCK TREES ON CLOUD OBSCURED MOUNTAINTOP. NO ANOMALIES.

NTSB investigation

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NTSB BFO93FA050Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportLigonier, PAVisual flight rules (VFR) flight by the pilot into instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), and the pilot's failure to maintain sufficient altitude from the wooded terrain. The terrain and adverse weather conditions were related factors.Jan 15, 1993 · Destroyed