# NTSB ATL82FKQ10: Piper PA-23-250, N6242Y, Mccomb, MS, January 20, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: January 20, 1982, 04:35 local (10:35 UTC)
- Place: Mccomb, MS
- Coordinates: 31.240392, -90.459686 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.2404&lon=-90.4597&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report January 20, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71619
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL82FKQ10
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71619/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82FKQ10

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, approach - faf/outer marker to threshold (ifr)
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - minimum descent altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - tree(s)

## Analysis

BEFORE TAKING OFF FROM JACKSON, MS, THE PILOT RECEIVED A WEATHER BRIEFING BY RADIO AND FILED AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN TO MCCOMB, MS. DURING ARRIVAL AT MCCOMB, THE WEATHER WAS IFR WITH AN INDEFINITELY OBSCURED CEILING AT ZERO FT, VISIBILITY 1/2 MILE IN FOG, WIND 160 DEGREES AT 7 KNOTS. DURING AN ILS LOCALIZER APPROACH, THE AIRCRAFT MADE CONTACT WITH TREES ABOUT 2900 FT FROM THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY. THE TREES WERE ABOUT 50 TO 60 FT TALL AND THE GROUND LEVEL WAS APPROXIMATELY 400 FT MSL. THE MINIMUM DESCENT ALTITUDE (MDA) FOR THE APPROACH WAS 800 FT MSL. THE INITIAL IMPACT POINT WAS ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF THE APPROACH TO RUNWAY 15. AFTER THE INITIAL IMPACT, THE AIRCRAFT FLEW ABOUT 630 FT AND THEN CRASHED IN A WOODED AREA ABOUT 400 FT LEFT OF THE CENTERLINE OF THE APPROACH. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED NO INDICATION OF A MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE OF THE ENGINES.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6242Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6242Y-2013-04-29), registration cancelled 2013-04-29, S/N 27-3476, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23-250
- Registry model: [Piper PA-23-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (registry code 7102308) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming TI0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (registry code 41533, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 27-3476
- Airframe hours: 7354
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-540-E4B5 250 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: Thomas M. Casey
- Registered owner: Farmington Airmotive
- Departed: JACKSON, MS
- Destination: PTK, PONTIAC, MI
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: Mccomb-Pike County, runway 15, 5,000 × 0 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 23; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 1,920 total, 115 in this make and model, 1,851 as pilot in command, 151 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 160° at 7 knots
- Temperature: 151 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820120800919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820120800919A), Jan 20, 1982: Piper PA23250, Mccomb, MS, Destroyed. Struck trees on localizer approach in near zero weather conditions. Failed to maintain minimum altitude.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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