- Date
- April 1, 1988, 22:52 local (Apr 2, 1988, 04:52 UTC)
- Place
- Quincy, IL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N32076Piper PA-32-300
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report January 16, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880401007349A
- Case key
- 13938
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Probable cause
Descent below the dh by the pilot in command during an instrument approach into known adverse weather rather then proceeding to a suitable alternate destination.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
Drg a night arrival, the plt was cleared for an ILS rwy 4 apch after being adzd the sky was partially obscured, measuredceiling 200' overcast, vis 1/2 mi with fog, wind 080 at 17 KTS. Mins for the apch were 200' ceiling & 1/2 mi vis. The plt was cleared to begin the apch from a 7 mi DME arc. As the acft descended on the apch, radar contact was lost & the plt was cleared to contact Quincy radio. As the plt rprtd passing the Quincy VOR (just short of the ILS outer marker/final apch fix), the fss specialist advised him the vis had dropped to 3/8 mi. After the plt rprtd passing the outer marker, radio contact was lost, except for the sound of a keyed mike. Subsequently, the acft hit trees & crashed well left of the ILS centerline, aprx 3/10 mi west from the apch end of rwy 4. No pre-acdnt malfunction or failure of the acft or ILS facility was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N32076
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 75-40013
- Airframe hours
- 1,731
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1A5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Winston N. Bloch Jr
- Registered owner
- Winston N Bloch Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 11, 1987 · 39 hours before
- Departed
- BJJ · Wooster, OH
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- Quincy Muni-Baldwin Field, runway 4, 7,097 × 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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 780 total · 734 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 80° at 12 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 200 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- UIN, 2 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.