- Date
- February 12, 1984, 15:58 local (20:58 UTC)
- Place
- Oak Grove, VA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5546FPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 6413
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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.
In flight encounter with weather
Weather condition - fogFactor
Vfr flight into imc - continuedCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Object - tree(s)Factor
Visual lookout - reducedCause
Descent - prematureCause
Analysis
The acft collided with trees during an approach to land in IMC weather. The plt had taken off about 10 minutes earlier and when fog rolled in he tried to land. After one go-around he made a 2nd approach and descended to 75 ft AGL to obtainbetter visibility and collided with trees short of the arpt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5546F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-24945
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Glen M. Leite
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- W20
- Airport
- W20 · Harbor View, runway 15, 2,565 × 100 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 23
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 300 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 10 knots
- Temperature
- 64 °F
- Observed at
- W20