- Date
- March 17, 1982, 18:10 local (23:10 UTC)
- Place
- Avoca, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2962WPiper PA-28RT-201
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report March 17, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820317006439A
- Case key
- 69861
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot encountered icing conditions while descending from 5000 to 4000 ft near his destination. He was cleared for an immediate ILS approach. He maintained 110 knots on final approach until inside the middle marker. At that point, he applied one notch of flaps and the aircraft nosed down toward the approach lights. The pilot reported that he used both hands to correct the situation and the plane oscillated down toward the runway. At about 90 knots, the aircraft settled from about 10 to 15 ft and landed hard.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2962W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28RT-201 (PA-28RT-20)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-7918239
- Airframe hours
- 1,224
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Pocono Airlines
- Registered owner
- Terry Smith Dds
- Departed
- Albany, NY
- Destination
- RLD · Richland, WA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, runway 4, 6,450 × 150 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
- 44
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 325 total · 28 in this make and model · 196 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 340° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,400 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 102 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.