- Date
- December 26, 1987, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Hays, KS
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N83BCPiper PA-28R-201T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 14, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871226074809A
- Case key
- 34528
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a personal cross country IFR flt, PIC encountered forecast icing conditions. He then made a 180 degree turn to an alternate airfield. He said the acft accumulated substantial icing on propeller, wings and windshield. He said full pwr was necessary to maintain level flt and considerable vibration was occurring. The plt declared an emergency and requested vectors to the Hays, KS, airport. The engine quit due to fuel exhaustion about 7 miles short of destination apt, resulting in an emergency ldg. The PIC was not instrument rated.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N83BC
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-201T (PA-28R-201)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R7931173
- Airframe hours
- 2,021
- Engine
- Continental TSI0-360-FB, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bill Morrison
- Registered owner
- Estell, Donald A
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- SUS · St. Louis, MO
- Destination
- GDL · Goodland, KS
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- HYS · Hays, runway 34, 6,300 × 100 ft, dirt
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 215 total · 72 in this make and model · 127 as pilot in command · 34 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 18 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 27 °F, dew point 12 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RSL, 21 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.