- Date
- December 18, 1990, 11:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Evanston, WY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4082HPiper PA-31-350
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19901218055149A
- Case key
- 5475
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Probable cause
The pilot's premature descent. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's fatigue and poor weather.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The air taxi cargo pilot crashed on a mountainside, about 7 miles from the airport, while on a vor-dme instrument approach. Variable low ceilings and visibility had prevailed on the day of the accident. The pilot had had the flu for the preceeding 2 weeeks and was still taking medication.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4082H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31-350
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31-8152087
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540-J2BD, 350 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Alpine Aviation, doing business as Alpine Air
- Registered owner
- James A Lundrerg
- Departed
- RKS · Rock Springs, WY
- Flight plan
- IFR
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,001 total · 671 in this make and model · 1,728 as pilot in command · 273 in the last 90 days · 89 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 22 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 400 ft
- Temperature
- 25 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EVW, 7 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.