- Date
- October 29, 1982, 15:55 local (20:55 UTC)
- Place
- Corinth, MS
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5537UPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 29, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821029057399A
- Case key
- 70340
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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
During a VMC cross country flight the pilot encountered low ceilings and rain. The pilot stated that the engine also started running rough and was losing power. At this point he executed a forced landing into trees. The investigation disclosed that serious carburetor icing conditions were prevelant in the flight area.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5537U
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-26258
- Airframe hours
- 2,396
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Miles N. Wilson
- Registered owner
- Miles N. Wilson
- Departed
- 2M8 · Millington, TN
- Destination
- RNC · Mcminnville, TN
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
- 28
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 300 total · 300 in this make and model · 289 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 122 °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.