- Date
- December 30, 1982, 19:55 local (Dec 31, 1982, 00:55 UTC)
- Place
- St. Augustine, FL
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8412FPiper PA-28RT-201T
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821230066029A
- Case key
- 72690
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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.
In flight collision with terrain/water
Light condition - dark nightFactor
Weather condition - fogFactor
Weather condition - rainFactor
Weather condition - low ceilingFactor
Weather condition - below approach/landing minimumsFactor
Ifr procedure - improperCause
Minimum descent altitude - belowCause
Analysis
Approach control advised the flt at the time of the initiation of the approach that weather for the general area was 300 ft overcast, 2 mi in fog. The flt was cleared for the VOR rwy 13 approach. The acft struck trees about 65 ft AGL in an area about 4 mi nw of the approach end of rwy 13. The mda is 560 ft & the arpt elevation is 10 ft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8412F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28RT-201T (PA-28RT-20)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-8131165
- Airframe hours
- 528
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-FB1, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Aerosports, Inc.
- Registered owner
- K & S Leasing
- Departed
- C · Salisbury, NC
- Destination
- C · St. Augustine, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- SGJ · St. Augustine, runway 13, 6,947 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,635 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 1,425 as pilot in command · 192 in the last 90 days · 82 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 30° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 300 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 144 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CRG, 30 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.