- Date
- December 14, 1984, 18:57 local (Dec 15, 1984, 01:57 UTC)
- Place
- Albuquerque, NM
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7329YPiper PA-30-160
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841214066829A
- Case key
- 16519
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Analysis
The flt was en route from forth worth, TX, to santa fe, new Mexico, when the plt decided to divert to Albuquerque. The a/c crashed while being vectored for an ILS approach to rwy 8. The plt received his instrument rating slightly more than 6 mos before the accident. He had logged 24.1 hrs of actual instruments but only one instrument approach since receiving his instrument rating. The pilot had been flying more than 3 hrs on instruments prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7329Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30-160
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30-375
- Airframe hours
- 32,877
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320-BIA, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Boogie Bears Design & Display
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 1983 · 1,969 hours before
- Departed
- FTW · Fort Worth, TX
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 739 total · 161 in this make and model · 668 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 100° at 18 knots, gusting 26
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 600 ft
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ABQ, 15 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.