- Date
- September 16, 1992, 16:17 local (21:17 UTC)
- Place
- New Hope, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1083XPiper PA-28R-200
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 21, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920916036989A
- Case key
- 32995
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Probable cause
Poor in-flight planning and decision and failure of the pilot to maintain aircraft control.
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
Plt was briefed before departure that thunderstorms were north of the departure arpt. While talking with apch control, he advised that he observed lightning ahead & asked if the facility was showing any wx ahead. The controller advised that the facility did not have wx radar but suggested a heading to fly, then another. While on the second heading, the plt advised that the flt was climbing & descending. Radar & radio contact was then lost. Exam of the acft revealed that the rt wing separated just outboard of the tiedown ring due to overstress. The acft was not equipped with wx radar. Exam of the eng & vacuum pump revealed no evidence of preimpact failure or malfunction. The attitude indicator, directional gyro (dg), & turn coordinator were removed for testing. The latter tested satisfactorily. There was no evidence of failure or malfunction of the attitude indicator. The dg was disassembled which revealed that a screw which secured a weight attached to the rotor housing assy was loose.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1083X
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-7535235
- Airframe hours
- 3,611
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bay Air, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Bay Air, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 25, 1991 · 290 hours before
- Departed
- PFN · Panama City, FL
- Destination
- BWG · Bowling Green, KY
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 228 total · 135 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PFN, 25 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.