- Date
- October 19, 1985, 19:47 local (23:47 UTC)
- Place
- Tobyhanna, PA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4298KPiper PA-28-236
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851019052859A
- Case key
- 30166
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
At about the time N4298K was departing pocono mountains mun icipal airport, recorded radar information from new york ARTCC displayed an aircraft in that area. The aircraft flew eastward and then northward. The aircraft disappeared from the radar screen about three miles north of the airport. N4298K was located about one half of a mile from that aircraft's last position. According to weather observations and witness in the area, the ceiling was at 1100 feet and visibility was impaired by fog around pocono mountains airport at about the time N4298K departed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4298K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-236
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-8311018
- Airframe hours
- 868
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-J3A5D, 236 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- General Aviation Co.
- Registered owner
- Jeffrey Colquhoun
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 22, 1985 · 63 hours before
- Departed
- MPO · Mount Pocono, PA
- Destination
- TEB · Teterboro, NJ
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
- 23
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 151 total · 6 in this make and model · 85 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 350° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,100 ft broken
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AVP, 17 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.