- Date
- December 21, 1983, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Indian Head, MD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5685VPiper PA-32-260
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831221063049A
- Case key
- 6400
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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
The plt stated that shortly after departing dca, he encountered a small amount of rain that froze on the aircraft's windshield. He continued on to his destination and again encounter freezing rain when turning from base to final. He elected to make a go-around but struck trees. The acft came to rest 400 ft from the approach end of rwy 35, 205 ft left of centerline.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5685V
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-260
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-7700017
- Airframe hours
- 321
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-E4B5, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William F. Stone
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 5, 1983
- Departed
- DCA · Washington, DC
- Airport
- 2W5 · Maryland, runway 35, 3,002 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 45
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,003 total · 210 in this make and model · 1,003 as pilot in command · 83 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 10° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,200 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 32 °F, dew point 23 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DCA
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.