- Date
- June 16, 1982, 22:28 local (Jun 17, 1982, 02:28 UTC)
- Place
- Dunkirk, NY
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8192APiper PA-28RT-201
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820616043499A
- Case key
- 70524
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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 flt was cleared for a VOR rwy 24 apch. At 2226 the plt reported the arpt in sight. At 2228 the acft crashed 4,000 ftsouth of the departure end of rwy 24 on a heading of 115 deg. The jamestown,NY 2250 wx observation was partial obscuration, estimated 200 ft overcast, visibility 1 mi variable in light rain showers & fog.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8192A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28RT-201 (PA-28RT-20)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-8018065
- Airframe hours
- 723
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Alton Gordon Herlan
- Registered owner
- Great Lakes Aero Distributors,
- Departed
- AI · Toledo, OH
- Destination
- AI · Dunkirk, NY
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- DKK · Dunkirk Muni, runway 24, 5,000 × 100 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 609 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.