- Date
- February 20, 1986, 19:30 local (Feb 21, 1986, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- St. Louis, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N111MMPiper PA-31-325
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860220004899A
- Case key
- 34138
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
N111MM collided with trees during a night, circling app in IMC. The plt said he lost sight of the rwy momentarily during his turn to final. He rolled wings level and saw a tree ahead. As he rolled rt to avoid that tree his rt wing hit another tree. The acft continued the app to a safe landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N111MM
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31-325
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31-7512011
- Airframe hours
- 4,571
- Engine
- Lycoming TI0-540-F2BD, 325 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Midwest Air Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 30, 1985 · 47 hours before
- Departed
- ILG · Wilmington, DE
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 3WE · Weiss, runway 36, 3,040 × 40 ft, asphalt
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
- 49
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 9,455 total · 3,040 in this make and model · 82 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 330° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- STL, 12 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.