- Date
- December 27, 1984, 17:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Stuttgart, AR
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2320TPiper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841227068279A
- Case key
- 33900
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Plt stated he had attempted an NDB approach to rwy 18 but executed a missed approach when he could not see the rwy when the acft was at 800 ft. the plt pitched the acft to a climb attitude and added full throttle. He continued to state that the acft felt 'strange and mushy' while in a left turn. The plt rolled the wings level and noticed a drop in airspeed from 100 mph to 80. The post crash exam of the acft revealed no evidence of a mechanical malfunction or failure of the acft structure, flt controls or engine. The temp & due point were 60 & 59 deg, respectively. According to icing probability charts, serious carb icing could occur at cruise or glide power. The plt stated that he never operated the carb heat control during the approach.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2320T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7105224
- Airframe hours
- 1,965
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A3A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John H. Meadows
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 1, 1984 · 17 hours before
- Departed
- M42 · Grenada, MS
- Flight plan
- IFR
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,807 total · 145 in this make and model · 4,387 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 90° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 200 ft
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PBF, 32 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.