- Date
- September 20, 1989, 16:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Montague, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2467APiper PA-22
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890920035639A
- Case key
- 36484
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Probable cause
Improper planning/decision by the pilot which resulted in his inadvertent flight into instrument meteorological conditions (IMC). Factors related to the accident were: the adverse weather conditions and soft terrain in the emergency landing area.
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 pilot departed georgetown, Delaware for mt pocono, Pennsylvania. He landed at cheswold, Delaware, where he received updated weather from millville automated fss. The pilot departed again, but diverted to kutztown, Pennsylvania, landed and refueled. He attempted to continue the flight to mt pocono; however, adverse weather precluded a landing and he continued east northeast. The weather continued to deteriorate and the pilot decided to land in an open field. During the landing roll, the nose gear settled into soft mud and the aircraft flipped over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2467A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-804
- Airframe hours
- 1,921
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D2, 135 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gary Mclaughlin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 26, 1989 · 43 hours before
- Departed
- N31 · Kutztown, PA
- Destination
- N63 · Stroundsburg, PA
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 174 total · 40 in this make and model · 111 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- 400 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.