- Date
- September 6, 1982, 20:10 local (Sep 7, 1982, 01:10 UTC)
- Place
- Liscomb, IA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2157APiper 28-236
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report September 6, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820906043689A
- Case key
- 71438
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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
N2157A departed on a VFR flight to marshalltown, IA. There is no record of a pilot weather briefing prior to departure. The reported weather at waterloo airport at the approximate time of the accident was: measured ceiling 600 foot overcast, visibility one and one-half miles, light drizzle and fog. The pilot held a private certificate with no instrument rating. Record of the last biennial flight review indicates that it was accomplished in 1979. There were no witnesses to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2157A
- Reported as
- Piper 28-236
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 287911005
- Airframe hours
- 584
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Smittzer Gram Co.
- Registered owner
- Smittzer Gram Co.
- Departed
- Guttenberg, IA
- Destination
- Marshalltown, IA
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
- 64
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,086 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 90° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Temperature
- 136 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.