- Date
- January 23, 1980
- Place
- Roswell, NM · ROSWELL, NM
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N36482Piper PA-34
- Status
- Completed · report March 17, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 134929
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3233 80/1/23 ROSWELL,NM PIPER PA-34 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2203 N36482 PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 44, 3920 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1120 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN ANGELO,TX ROSWELL,NM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION LIGHTNING STRIKE LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - LIGHTNING STRIKE PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES - COMMUNICATIONS AND NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT: ILS RECEIVERS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ERRATIC WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 42 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 140 6 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- ILS CDI UNRELBL AFTER LTG STRIKE,CONTD APCH.DF STEER TO ARPT AFTER GND CONTACT.DMGD GEAR COLLAPSED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N36482
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Roswell
N36482Registered now · Piper PA-34-200TAirframe modelPiper PA-34-200TEngine modelContinental TSIO-360 series
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