- Date
- November 20, 1992, 10:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Manhattan, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N44515Piper PA-28-151
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921120047639A
- Case key
- 15628
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Probable cause
Inadequate compensation for wind conditions by the pilot.
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
Pilot was in cruise flight enroute to pipeline patrol when he stated he encountered a wind shear, lost altitude, and struck power lines. The pilot made an emergency landing without further incident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N44515
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-151
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7415654
- Airframe hours
- 5,509
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial observation · Part 91
- Operator
- Schnepper, John G., doing business as Southeastern Illinois Aviation
- Registered owner
- Schnepper, John G.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 16, 1992 · 56 hours before
- Departed
- OLY · Olney, IL
- Destination
- OLY
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
- 28
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,577 total · 114 in this make and model · 1,509 as pilot in command · 147 in the last 90 days · 48 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 17 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MDW, 25 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.