- Date
- July 16, 1988, 17:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place
- Paxton, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3603XRockwell 100-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880716028489A
- Case key
- 32029
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Plt's license was suspended at time of accident and his medical certificate was expired. Plt failed to get weather briefing prior to departure. Plt continued flt into deteriorating weather conditions and while attempting to land at a private airport due to weather the plt collided with unmarked powerlines located in the approach path to the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3603X
- Reported as
- Rockwell 100-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5076
- Airframe hours
- 1,849
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A2F, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lewis, Jack Don
- Registered owner
- Jan W. Willis
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 6, 1988 · 5 hours before
- Destination
- X16 · Tampa, FL
- Airport
- NONE · Ellis Strip, runway 15, 2,700 × 50 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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 500 total · 3 in this make and model · 500 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CEW, 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.
Other investigations on N3603X · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.