- Date
- January 21, 1982, 08:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place
- Bagdad, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N40291Piper PA-23-250
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 21, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820121001719A
- Case key
- 69866
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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 pilot attempted to fly from phoenix to Bagdad, AZ under a low overcast. When it became obvious that weather conditions were too poor for a landing the pilot attempted to reverse direction and the aircraft struck high terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40291
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 27-7305106
- Airframe hours
- 4,850
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Operator
- Cyprus Bagdad Copper Co
- Registered owner
- Cyprus Bagdad Copper Co
- Departed
- Phoenix, AZ
- Destination
- Bagdad, AZ
- Airport
- E51 · Bagdad
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 14,000 total · 5,000 in this make and model · 14,000 as pilot in command · 200 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 18 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 800 ft overcast
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.