- Date
- February 10, 1984, 22:00 local (Feb 11, 1984, 05:00 UTC)
- Place
- Laramie, WY
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7519DPiper PA-22-150
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840210004459A
- Case key
- 16335
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt stated that when he was 10 miles southeast with airport lights in sight, a convair plt reported inbound on an IFR clearance to land. Not wanting to possibly cause the convair plt to make a missed approach he elected to make a turn. In the turn, he lost sight of the arpt lights, ran into heavy snow showers and freezing rain. Concerned over ice accumulation he lowered the nose and the acft flew into snow covered terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7519D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-5247
- Airframe hours
- 3,200
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A1A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ronald L. Mickalson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1983 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- Fort Collins, CO
- Destination
- Laramie, WY
- Airport
- LAR · General Brees
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,976 total · 102 in this make and model · 2,825 as pilot in command · 46 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 40° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Temperature
- 28 °F, dew point 27 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.