- Date
- August 28, 1992, 10:05 local (14:05 UTC)
- Place
- Sanford, ME
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N350PMPiper PA-46-350
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920828051039A
- Case key
- 37222
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Probable cause
The pilot did not follow IFR procedures when he disregarded the decision height limitation and failed to initiate a missed approach which resulted in the airplane striking trees.
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
On the second attempted ILS approach the pilot said he did not have the runway in sight but, '...continued at d.h. [SIC] for a few moments...' And then saw the runway. He said there was not enough runway remaining to land and '...[the pilot] would attempt to circle at decision height and re-intercept the glideslope. During this ill-conceived maneuver I encountered one or more pine trees...' After declaring an emergency the pilot was vectored to an airport 24 minutes away. The pilot described the airplane's flight characteristics on the flight to the alternate airport as, '...a control condition similar to an engine out in a multi-engine airplane.' After touchdown the airplane departed the runway and came to rest in a median between a runway and taxiway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N350PM
- Reported as
- Piper PA-46-350
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4622052
- Airframe hours
- 620
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540-AE2A, 350 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Clifford F. Evans
- Registered owner
- Clifford F. Evans
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 14, 1992 · 19 hours before
- Departed
- N52 · Sommerset, NJ
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- SFM · Sanford Municapal, runway 7, 6,000 × 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
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 704 total · 90 in this make and model · 624 as pilot in command · 92 in the last 90 days · 43 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- 200 ft
- Temperature
- 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SFM
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.