- Date
- December 13, 1984, 19:31 local (Dec 14, 1984, 00:31 UTC)
- Place
- Burlington, KY
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5211SPiper PA-32-300
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841213070369A
- Case key
- 6581
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Acft ferried VFR by owner. Radios repaired before departure, glide slope receiver found inop. At fuel stop wx was forecast IFR for destination. An IFR instructor was then hired for the remaining flt. Owner showed work order to CFI who incorrectly concluded that the glide slope had been repaired. CFI recalled wx was forecast as 600 ft ceiling at destination. No record found of having received current wx of 200 ft ceiling, 1-1/4 mi vis prior to apch. CFI stated a 500 fpm descent at 90 KTS was used for the apch. He reported flying the ILS rwy 36 apch and pointed out to the owner that the localizer and glide slope needles were centered when 2 miles from the rwy. Post crash test of the glide slope receiver showed it was still inoperative.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5211S
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-40903
- Airframe hours
- 1,679
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1A5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ray Adams
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 10, 1984 · 25 hours before
- Departed
- 0M5 · Waverly, TN
- Destination
- CVG · Cincinnati, OH
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- CVG · Greater Cincinnatti Arpt, runway 36, 9,501 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 610 total · 391 as pilot in command · 179 in the last 90 days · 55 in the last 30 days · 9 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 70° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 200 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CVG, 75 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.