- Date
- December 6, 1986, 18:26 local (Dec 7, 1986, 00:26 UTC)
- Place
- Petersburg, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4475FPiper PA-28R-200
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861206085759A
- Case key
- 22222
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Acft impacted in a 95 deg nose down attitude following a loss of control in IMC conditions while the non-instrument rated pvt plt was being vectored to the final app crs. Plt had filed IFR and had experienced difficulties thru out the flt. As he was given vectors for sequencing his flying became erratic and he complained of pitot ice and instrument problems. Icing lvl was well above his alt and post-accident investigation revealed that all instruments were working normally. His description of the problems was inconsistent with the way the 2 separate instrument systems operate. The plt had recently failed his instrument written and had a total of 39 hrs simulated instrument time. Evidence also revealed he was operating the acft with an inop adf and deficient VHF nav radios.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4475F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R7635409
- Airframe hours
- 1,923
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-CIC, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Glen A.Dunn
- Registered owner
- Glen A Dunn
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 14, 1986 · 144 hours before
- Departed
- APA · Denver, CO
- Destination
- LBB · Lubbock, TX
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- LBB · Lubbock International, runway 17R, 11,500 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 850 total · 401 in this make and model · 774 as pilot in command · 38 in the last 90 days · 24 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 170° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 700 ft broken
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LBB, 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.