- Date
- November 1, 1982, 04:45 local (10:45 UTC)
- Place
- Marshall, MN
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6246JPiper PA-28-181
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report November 1, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821101056549A
- Case key
- 71595
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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.
Analysis
During a preflight weather briefing, the pilot was warned that VFR flight was not recommended. Also, a fixed base operator warned him of the weather (there were patches of ground fog). After takeoff, fog was encountered at about 200 to 500 ft AGL. During a descending turn back toward the airport, the right wing contacted the ground and the plane crashed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6246J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-181
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 287690379
- Airframe hours
- 2,177
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dwire Bros.
- Registered owner
- Dwire Bros.
- Departed
- MML · Marshall, MN
- Destination
- 21Y · Moose Lake, MN
- Airport
- MML · Ryan Field, runway 30, 4,850 × 100 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
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 156 total · 17 in this make and model · 28 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 310° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Temperature
- 102 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RWF, 20 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.