- Date
- March 7, 1984, 22:17 local (Mar 8, 1984, 05:17 UTC)
- Place
- Saratoga, WY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N400SBPiper PA-24-400
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840307007439A
- Case key
- 16204
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a night x-country after a 16 hour day the airline captain flying his own acft home collided with a mountain at the 10000 ft level. The weather was VMC but the winds aloft were strong and would have blown the acft towardthe mountain had no wind correction angle been used. The acft was in a stable shallow descent when the accident OCCURRED17 miles from the destination.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N400SB
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-400
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 26-127
- Airframe hours
- 3,186
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-720-A1B, 400 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gary L. Harsen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1983 · 52 hours before
- Departed
- CPR · Casper, WY
- Destination
- Saratoga, WY
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
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 13,000 total · 600 in this make and model · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 20° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.