- Date
- January 26, 1984, 08:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Greenville, IL
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N76APPiper PA-32R-300
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840126001509A
- Case key
- 12534
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt received a weather briefing the night before the accident and did not have it updated on the day of the accident. The acft was descended below the mda during the approach in fog and collided with high tension lines.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N76AP
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32R-7680290
- Airframe hours
- 971
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1G5D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Andrew A. Jumper
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 24, 1983
- Departed
- SUS · St. Louis, MO
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- GRE · Greenville, runway 18, 4,000 × 75 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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 612 total · 60 in this make and model · 498 as pilot in command · 43 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 5 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 34 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BLV, 30 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.
Other investigations on N76AP · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.