# Accident 19980606046519A: Piper PA24260, Statesville, NC, June 6, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 1998, 14:00 local time
- Place: Statesville, NC
- Airport: Statesville Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7650° N, 80.9539° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at STATESVILLE RGNL (SVH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7650&lon=-80.9539&mi=10
- Aircraft: TGHUH (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- Reported engine: LYC IO540D4A5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,460 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980606046519A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(.4)THE PILOT RECEIVED THREE WEATHER BRIEFINGS BEFORE TAKEOFF; THE FLIGHT DEPARTED VFR WITH NO FLIGHT PLAN. WITNESSES REPORTED HEARING A LOW FLYING AIRPLANE WITH A SPUTTERING ENGINE, FOLLOWED BY THE ENGINE REVVING UP AND AN IMPACT. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED IN THE AREA, WITH 2 1/2 STATUE MILES VISIBLITY IN HEAVY RAIN, AND FOG REPORTED AT 1355 AT A WEATHER OBSERVATION STATION, ABOUT 102 DEGREES MAGNETIC AND 4.88 NAUTICAL MILES FROM THE CRASH SITE  A SEARCH FOR THE OVERDUE AIRPLANE WAS CONDUCTED; IT WAS LOCATED 3 DAYS AFTER THE ACCIDENT.  EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE, FLIGHT CONTROLS, AND ENGINE REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF PRE-IMPACT FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION.  NO MAINTENANCE LOGBOOKS FOR THE AIRPLANE NOR THE PILOT'S PILOT LOGBOOK WERE LOCATED.  NO DETERMINATION COULD BE MADE IF THE PILOT WAS CURRENT TO FLY IN INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS.  COPIES OF MAINTENANCE RECORDS FROM THE LAST COUNTRY OF REGISTRATION INDICATE THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS LAST INSPECTED ON OCTOBER 21, 1993.  THE ELT DID NOT OPERATE DUE TO BEING IN THE 'OFF' POSITION, AND BATTERY VOLTAGE LESS THAN REQUIRED.  THE AIRPLANE HAD BEEN OPERATED FOR AN ESTIMATED 2 HOURS 53 MINUTES SINCE THE FUEL TANKS WE ER FILLED. THERE WAS NO RECORD OF THE PILOT OBTAINING ANY IN-FLIGHT ADVISORIES.                                                                      (-23) SEE NARRATIVE # MIA98FA182

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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