- Date
- January 18, 1988, 19:03 local (Jan 19, 1988, 01:03 UTC)
- Place
- Hazelwood, MO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 3 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N200RSPiper PA-31T-620
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880118000579A
- Case key
- 34482
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Probable cause
Proper glide path not maintained by p.I.c., decision height not identified by the p.I.c., missed approach not performed by the p.I.c. turning on lights in overcast.
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
The pax said that the approach appeared normal until the pilot turned on the ldg lights while in the overcast. Seconds after, the acft impacted trees, careening out of control, and snapping power lines; then striking a house roof before coming to rest on the ground. The airplane began to burn as it went through the power lines. The weather at the time was at or above IFR landing minimums. The flight had been in a holding pattern for forty five minutes prior to commencing the approach. All of the aircraft's systems and powerplants, as well as the FAA approach facilities, were determined to be in working order.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N200RS
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31T-620
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31T-7520011
- Engine
- P&W PT-6A-28, 680 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robinson Foundry, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- ALX · Alexander City, AL
- Destination
- UIN · Quincy, IL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- STL · Lambert-St. Louis, runway 12, 9,003 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 60
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 14,000 total · 400 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 100° at 13 knots
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- STL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.