19941210041239A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-32RT-300 · Birmingham, AL · December 10, 1994

Date
December 10, 1994 · 18:58 local
Place
Birmingham, AL
Airport
Birmingham Airport
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
DKBA
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N6517C
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA95FA037
Reported as
Piper PA32RT300
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540K1G5D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
1,661 total161 in this make and model161 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.

Iced up and loosing altitude struck power line tower. Broke up on ground impact AIRMET out on icing. No anti icing.

As the FAA filed it

ICED UP AND LOOSING ALTITUDE STRUCK POWER LINE TOWER. BROKE UP ON GROUND IMPACT AIRMET OUT ON ICING. NO ANTI ICING.

NTSB investigation

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