- Date
- October 11, 1983, 14:35 local (18:35 UTC)
- Place
- Poughkeepsie, NY
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N30460Piper PA-28-181
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831011054099A
- Case key
- 35398
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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 acft collided with trees during a forced landing after the engine quit. The plt had let down through clouds during a descent for a vor-dme approach. The acft broke out of the clouds at 2500 ft, seeing the arpt the plt cancelled IFR. After getting rwy information the plt turned downwind and the engine stopped. He declared an emergency and crash landed in a wooded area. The carburetor heat was found in the off position after the accident. The engine ran normally during a post accident test.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30460
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-181
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7990091
- Airframe hours
- 2,097
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Anthony Sponborg
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 10, 1983 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- DXR · Danbury, CT
- Destination
- POU · Poughkeepsie, NY
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- POU · Dutchess County, runway 6, 5,001 × 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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 838 total · 205 in this make and model · 6,411 as pilot in command · 32 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Observed at
- POU
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.