- Date
- October 11, 1984, 18:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Morgantown, NC
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA reports
- 19841011075821A19841011075822A
- Case key
- 6570
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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
N2553A was in traffic pattern conducting touch and go landings. N32828 was maneuvering below the traffic pattern and was seen climbing in direction of N2553A. N32828 was flying westerly into the sun. N2553A was seen in a shallow left turn from crosswind to downwind. The right outboard wing panel of N2553A and the left outboard wing panel of N32828 collided.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N32828
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-151
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7515253
- Airframe hours
- 1,884
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Warrior 828 Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 27, 1984 · 77 hours before
- Departed
- Morganton, NC
- Airport
- NC52 · Silver Creek, runway 9, 2,900 × 200 ft, grass/turf
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.
- Registration
- N2553A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-78A0754
- Airframe hours
- 1,455
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Western Carolina Aviation, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 20, 1984 · 61 hours before
- Airport
- NC52 · Silver Creek, runway 9, 2,900 × 200 ft, grass/turf
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N32828
- Age
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 155 total · 2 in the last 90 days
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N2553A
- Age
- 24
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 18 total · 18 in this make and model · 3 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HKY, 15 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.