- Date
- June 28, 1985, 01:48 local (05:48 UTC)
- Place
- Charlotte, NC
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N542TWPiper PA-42
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850628028619A
- Case key
- 6623
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Analysis
The acft collided with a tree and a pole short of the rwy during a night VFR approach to land. The plt changed from rwy 18 to 36 during the approach. He was seen low & fast on dwnwind which ended in a steep descending turn to ground contact. The twr had overied the plt during the initial approach because of his speed and high altitude. The plt replied that he would be down and requested a change of rwy. The wind was reported as from 150 degrees at 7 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N542TW
- Reported as
- Piper PA-42
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 42-8001052
- Airframe hours
- 1,516
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-41, 720 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Atlanta Air Service
- Registered owner
- First Security Bank Of Utah
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 19, 1985 · 51 hours before
- Departed
- TEB · Teterbory, NJ
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- CLT · Charlotte Douglas Int'L, runway 36R, 7,845 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 27
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 9,000 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 7,500 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 150° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CLT, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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