- Date
- February 14, 1992, 09:15 local (14:15 UTC)
- Place
- Heath, OH
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4380TPiper PA-32-301
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920214003089A
- Case key
- 37052
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Probable cause
An inadvertent stall with insufficient altitude for recovery. An additional cause was the pilot's self induced pressure to complete the fight in known adverse weather, and to deviate from the published instrument approach procedure. Factors related to the accident were: the low clouds and the icing conditions.
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 made a flt into known icing conditions after he received a wx brief via duat. Area airports were reporting low ceilings, however, there were no wx reporting facilities at his destination. Witnesses reported a 200 foot ceiling and 1 mile vis with fog. He missed on his flight apch and after the second apch, he was seen and heard by witnesses flying southeast of the arpt at a low alt. The accident occurred at 0915 and the pilot had a 1000 appointment in the town. In addition, he had an appointment at 1300 back at his office, which was 50 road miles or 20 air minutes away. The airplane was not certified for flight into known icing conditions. The pilot had approximately 340 hours, all obtained in the preceding year.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4380T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-301
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-8506001
- Airframe hours
- 1,200
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1G5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- James A. Mccauley, doing business as Maja Developement, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Banc One Leasing Corp
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 8, 1991 · 190 hours before
- Departed
- MFD · Mansfield, OH
- Destination
- 2I8 · Newark, OH
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 2I8 · Newark-Heath, runway 27, 4,648 × 75 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
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 340 total · 225 in this make and model · 210 as pilot in command · 110 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 200 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 34 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.