- Date
- February 20, 1984, 18:38 local (23:38 UTC)
- Place
- Lexington, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9335JPiper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840220004189A
- Case key
- 35374
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Analysis
Weather briefing forecast low ceilings, mountains obscured and lgt to mod turbulence. VFR not recommended. Plt filed no flt plan. Plt reported that an encounter with turbulence caused a loss of control and collision with terrain during the recovery. Witness observed the acft in level flt flying in and out of clouds after which it made a shallow left turn toward the mountain followed by sounds of impact. The plt reported reported being at 2000 ft aprx 20 mi west of proposed route.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9335J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-3432
- Airframe hours
- 2,201
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A3A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William M. Gurry
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 1983 · 119 hours before
- Departed
- 5B5 · Bennington, VT
- Destination
- TEB · Teterboro, NY
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 28
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,400 total · 185 in this make and model · 1,100 as pilot in command · 73 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 270° at 14 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
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