- Date
- April 22, 1985, 21:18 local (Apr 23, 1985, 03:18 UTC)
- Place
- Dundee, MS
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8069CPiper PA-32R-300
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850422015739A
- Case key
- 6607
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Plt obtained three preflight wx briefings then filed IFR using an assumed name. Routine communications until 2117 CST when pilot reported in a cell and said he wanted to make a 180 degree turn. Cleared for right turn. Radar and comm contact with aircraft lost as plt initiated turn. Witnesses heard several loud engines surges followed by sound of impact during intense thunderstorm. Acft broke up in flight scattering wreckage over 3/4 mile path. No evidence of previous material defect.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8069C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32R7680077
- Airframe hours
- 1,683
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1A5D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Paul A. Shimmon
- Registered owner
- Roger S. Lacy & Philip R White
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 20, 1985 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- JAN · Jackson, MS
- Destination
- GVW · Grandview, MO
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 525 total · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.