- Date
- February 18, 1992, 22:52 local (Feb 19, 1992, 03:52 UTC)
- Place
- Raleigh, NC
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N33464Piper PA-28R-200
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920218003139A
- Case key
- 8497
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to follow instrument landing procedures by descending below the glide path of the instrument landing system. Factors in the accident were the low ceilings and fog at the airport at the time of the accident.
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
The instrument flight rules (IFR) flight had been cleared for an instrument landing system (ILS) approach to the airport. There were low ceilings and fog at the airport at the time of the accident. Examination of the radar data collected during the time of the approach, showed the aircraft heading varying numerous times from one side of the approach to the other. The aircraft was found in a wooded area approximately one mile from the airport, on the ceneterline for the ILS. Examination of the aircraft revealed that the navigational instruments on board the aircraft were operating within factory specifications. Examination of the instrument landing system at the airport revealed that the system was operating within specifications.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N33464
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-7535153
- Airframe hours
- 2,930
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Stout, Garland H.
- Registered owner
- Hawk, Del L.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 30, 1992 · 32 hours before
- Departed
- DCA · Washington, DC
- Destination
- RDU · Raleigh, NC
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- RDU · Raleigh-Durham, runway 23L, 7,500 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 368 total · 16 in this make and model · 307 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 150° at 5 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 300 ft broken
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RDU
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.