- Date
- March 10, 1986, 23:20 local (Mar 11, 1986, 06:20 UTC)
- Place
- Truth&Consequen, NM
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7410PPiper PA-24-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860310005969A
- Case key
- 16811
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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
The plt took off on a night IFR flt after being briefed on adverse wx which included severe turbulence and moderate mixed icing conditions. The acft was not equipped for flt in icing conditions. Radio and radar contact with the flt was lost in the vicinity of the accident site less than one minute after the plt reported encountering turbulence and icing conditions. A search was initiated and the acft wreckage, scattered over an area 3,772 feet long, was located at 1115 MST, 3/11/86. The plt was fatally injured in the impact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7410P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-2597
- Airframe hours
- 2,930
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-A1D5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Yucca Aviation, Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 12, 1986 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- ABQ · Alquerque, NM
- Destination
- LRU · Las Cruces, NM
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- TCS · Truth & Consequences
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,657 total · 78 in this make and model · 1,628 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 130° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ABQ
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N7410P · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.