# NTSB MKC84FA019: Piper PA-28-161, N2220Y, Albion, NE, November 11, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: November 11, 1983, 11:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place: Albion, NE
- Coordinates: 41.679447, -98.000473 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6794&lon=-98.0005&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33503
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC84FA019
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33503/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84FA019

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, cruise - normal
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - vfr flight into imc - continued, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - high obstruction(s) (contributing factor)
  - altitude - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - guy wire (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A TV TRANSMITTER TOWER GUY WIRE. WITNESSES STATED THAT CLOUDS WERE OBSCURING THE TOP OF THE 1,134 FT TALL TOWER. THE ACFT WAS ABOUT 750 FT AGL WHEN THE COLLISION OCCURRED. THE TOWER WAS NOT EQUIPPED WITH HIGH INTENSITY OBSTRUCTION LIGHTS. MARGINAL VFR CEILINGS WERE FORECAST.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N2220Y (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-161
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-79163
- Airframe hours: 2545
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-D3G 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Lincoln Aviation Institute Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, October 11, 1983, 33 hours before
- Departed: LNK, LINCOLN, NE
- Destination: VTN, VALENTINE, NE
- Flight plan: VFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 31; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 99 total, 3 in this make and model, 65 as pilot in command, 33 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 130° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 1,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 30 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19831111056819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831111056819A), Nov 11, 1983: Piper PA28161, Albion, NE, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Struck a television guy while flying under a cloud layer. Top of tower in the clouds. Impact severed a wing.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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