- Date
- May 15, 1989, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Winslow, AR
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8199PPiper PA-24-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890515011499A
- Case key
- 34684
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Probable cause
The pilot flying into adverse weather conditions which resulted in the in-flight separation of a portion of the right wing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of total experience.
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 pilot held a private pilot certificate with no instrument rating. He filed a VFR flight plan. Official weather observation reflected thunderstorm activity along the proposed route of flight. The aircraft entered an area of intense thunderstorm activity. Witnesses observed the accident aircraft descending minus a large section of one wing and impacting the ground in mountainous terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8199P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-3394
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-C1B5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Mid-Con Mfg Inc.
- Registered owner
- Mid-Con Mfg
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 28, 1988
- Departed
- M18 · Hope, AR
- Destination
- ASG · Springdale, AR
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 65 total · 31 in this make and model · 22 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FYV, 36 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.