- Date
- August 4, 1983, 17:14 local (22:14 UTC)
- Place
- Dwight, IL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2876XPiper PA-28-181
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830804038619A
- Case key
- 12004
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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.
In flight encounter with weather
Weather condition - cloudsFactor
Weather evaluation - disregardedCause
Overconfidence in personal abilityFactor
Weather condition - rainFactor
Flight into known adverse weather - initiatedCause
Weather condition - thunderstormFactor
Loss of control - in flight
Weather condition - low ceilingFactor
In-flight planning/decision - poorFactor
Weather condition - rainFactor
Became lost/disoriented - inadvertentFactor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - ground
Analysis
The acft crashed in a corn field during a heavy rainstorm while on a cross country flight. The pilot had logged 4 hour of simulated instrument time and was not instrument rated.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2876X
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-181
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7990517
- Airframe hours
- 1,703
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Back Fourty Flying Club, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 20, 1982 · 185 hours before
- Departed
- C18 · Frankfort, IL
- Destination
- MTU · Mattoon, IL
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 158 total · 21 in this make and model · 77 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.