- Date
- June 14, 1984, 21:40 local (Jun 15, 1984, 04:40 UTC)
- Place
- Chowchilla, CA
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N32139Piper PA-32-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840614067039I
- Case key
- 24046
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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 acft collided with VASI lights during an unscheduled landing when plt became ill & according to the passengers became unconscious. The passenger, a non-plt, landed the acft. The plt was transported by ambulence to a nearby hospitalwhere doctors stated that he was suffering from acute emphysema.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N32139
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-7540017
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Wayne Doerr
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 308 · Coalinga, CA
- Airport
- 206 · Chowchilla, runway 30, 3,250 × 60 ft, asphalt
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
- 63
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 710 total · 710 in this make and model · 447 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 300° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MER, 43 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.