- Date
- November 29, 1983, 14:50 local (19:50 UTC)
- Place
- Bennington, VT
- Injuries
- 3 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2958RPiper PA-34-200T
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831129059209A
- Case key
- 35300
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft crashed into mountainous terrain at about the 1,800 ft level approximately 2 mi south of the arpt. The acft had been cleared for the vor-a approach. The missed approach point is the 6 DME point from the cambridge VOR on the 159 deg radial. Mda is 1,740 ft. the plt stated the acft's DME was intermittent, believed he had a 10 kt tailwind & used the 3 minute time from the faf to the map. According to the approach procedure a 3 minute time is used for an approach speed of 120 KTS. Recorded radar data showed that the acft's ground speed on final fluctuated between 169 & 184 KTS. A witness on the arpt described the wx as ceiling indefinite zero obscured & visibility zero in fog.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2958R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-200T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34-7970403
- Airframe hours
- 1,604
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-EB, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Pronto Air Light
- Registered owner
- Sweetwater Drilling Supplies,
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 10, 1983 · 252 hours before
- Departed
- AIY · Atlantic City, NJ
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 5B5 · Bennington State
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
- 28
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,505 total · 155 in this make and model · 2,315 as pilot in command · 113 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 3 knots
- Temperature
- 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- 5B5, 2 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.