- Date
- April 6, 1984, 22:35 local (Apr 7, 1984, 03:35 UTC)
- Place
- Johnstown, PA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N33569Piper PA-34-200T
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840406014179A
- Case key
- 35330
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft took off with a center of gravity bet 95.45 & 95.71 inches aft of the datum & aprx 98 lbs below the max allowable gross weight. The max aft CG limit for all weights was 94.6 inches. Wx at the aprx time of the accident was 400 ft ceiling, light snowshowers, 4 miles visibility with fog, temp 29F, dew point 29F. A SIGMET for mod to severe icing in clouds was also in effect. The acft impacted in a 30 to 40 deg left bank. Impact occurred aprx 1800 ft from the departure end of the rwy. There was no evidence of inflight mechanical malfunctions of the powerplants. Although theacft arrived at Johnstown with ice on the wings and tail, the plt received a full wx briefing and was aware of the icingconditions prior to his last takeoff. There was evidence that the plt did not deice the acft's wings and tail prior the accident flt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N33569
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-200T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- PA-34-200T
- Airframe hours
- 3,351
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360E, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Roger M. Hansen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special); Standard, Transport; Special, Provisional (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 4, 1983 · 234 hours before
- Departed
- JST · Johnstown, PA
- Destination
- SPI · Springfield, IL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- JST1 · Johnstown Cambria County, runway 12, 3,694 × 0 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
- 45
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,875 total · 440 in this make and model · 84 in the last 90 days · 41 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 290° at 13 knots, gusting 17
- Lowest ceiling
- 400 ft
- Temperature
- 28 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JST, 1 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.