- Date
- November 26, 1986, 17:44 local (22:44 UTC)
- Place
- Glen Mawr, PA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8130APiper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 30476
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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
Drg arrival, the acft was vectored to intercept the ILS rwy 27 localizer (LOC) bfr reaching the munci initial apch fix (iaf), which was 21.5 mi fm the rwy. The ATC controller (ctlr) told the plt to maint 4000' until on the LOC, then clrd him for the apch. From the iaf, the min alt on the apch was 3700' until intercepting the ILS glide slope (gs) at the picture rocks NDB (faf). The NDB was 9.4 mi from the arpt; the outer marker (om) was 4.8 mi from the rwy. As the plt contd, he rprtd that his instruments showed he was on the gs at 2700', but that he was still headed inbnd twd the NDB. The ctlr warned that the acft should be at 3700' until reaching the NDB & repeated the altimeter setting. Moments there-after, the ctlr lost contact with the acft. It crashed nr the top of a hill on wooded terrain at an elev of about 2400',aprx 9 mi bfr reaching the NDB. An exam revealed the acft nav equip was properly set. No preimpact malfunction or fail- ure was fnd. The ILS sys was flt checked & fnd to operate normally.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8130A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 8016157
- Airframe hours
- 1,995
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Mahlon R. Aldrdge
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 3, 1986 · 12 hours before
- Departed
- MCI · Muncie, IN
- Destination
- IPT · Williamsport, PA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- IPT · Williamsport, runway 27, 6,449 × 150 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
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,205 total · 282 in this make and model · 1,111 as pilot in command · 58 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IPT, 19 nm away