- Date
- March 24, 1982, 19:00 local (Mar 25, 1982, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Davenport, NE
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N32329Piper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820324005839A
- Case key
- 70413
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
At 1242 CST, the pilot received a weather briefing including a forecast of marginal VFR conditions at the destination. Between 1649 and 1848 CST, there were three weather reports from the destination of ceilings between 300 and 500 ft, visibilities between one and two miles with rain and/or snow. There was no evidence that the pilot requested or received any weather reports while en route. Personnel in the area of the accident stated it was snowing, sleeting, and raining on the night of the accident. The plane was found the next day about 50 miles from the destination, in an upright position about 50 ft from the impact point on level, plowed ground. The airspeed indicatorwas found stuck at 70 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N32329
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 287525051
- Airframe hours
- 596
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Jimmy H Spradlin
- Registered owner
- G & S Survey Incorporated
- Departed
- Sand Springs, OK
- Destination
- Grand Islands, NE
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
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- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 191 total · 55 in this make and model · 160 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 360° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 400 ft broken
- Temperature
- 91 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GIF
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 N32329 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.