- Date
- August 31, 1988, 08:30 local (12:30 UTC)
- Place
- Charleston, WV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N15948Piper PA-28R-200
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880831036239A
- Case key
- 11437
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Analysis
The plt was executing the ILS rwy 5 apch when he entered fog about 350 ft above the dh. According to the plt, upon reaching the dh he sighted the rwy and continued the apch. Afterward the plt said he deviated left of the localizer centerline and as he was turning back to it he inadvertently descended below the glide slope and struck a tree. The tree was about 300 ft left of the rwy, about 50 ft below it, and about 300 ft past the rwy threshold. The plt was able to remain airborne and landed about 2000 ft down the rwy where it went off the side of it. Examination of the acft revealed that about 12 inches of the left wing inboard leading edge was pushed back to the spar as a result of the tree strike. The entire left wing was twisted down about 30 degrees. During the landing the nose gear collapsed.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15948
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7335110
- Airframe hours
- 4,632
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1L, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kci Enterprise, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 3, 1988 · 99 hours before
- Departed
- CKB · Bridgeport, WV
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- CRW · Charleston/Yeager, runway 5, 6,302 × 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
- 20
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 260 total · 8 in this make and model · 195 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CRW
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.