- Date
- March 30, 1984, 14:02 local (19:02 UTC)
- Place
- Parkersburg, WV
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N2827UPiper PA-34-200T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840330028499I
- Case key
- 6350
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After an unscheduled landing due to the condition of a patient aboard the acft, the acft turned off a taxiway into the grass and stopped. Rescue personnel found the plt incapacitated from a heart attack and collapsed over the controls and the nurse administering cpr to the patient. Both the plt and patient expired.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2827U
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-200T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34-7970264
- Airframe hours
- 1,829
- Engine
- Continental LTSIO-360-EB, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Carroll'S Air Charter Service
- Registered owner
- W.R. Arthur
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 7, 1984 · 17 hours before
- Departed
- CRW · Charleston, WV
- Destination
- North Bay, OF
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- PKB · Gill Robb Wilson Field
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
- 66
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,400 total · 1,200 in this make and model · 3,200 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 12 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PKB
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.