- Date
- February 19, 1984, 16:55 local (Feb 20, 1984, 00:55 UTC)
- Place
- Mountaindale, OR
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N83382Piper PA-28-J3A5D
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840219004519A
- Case key
- 39791
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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
The acft crashed during an instrument approach to hillsboro airport. Witnesses reported seeing the acft below a very low overcast sky condition prior to impact. Examination of the wreckage revealed that the stabilator failed in overload before the point of main impact. Analysis of radar data presented a picture of changing acft speed and descent rates before the acft crashed into hilly terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N83382
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-J3A5D (PA-28-J3A5)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-8111052
- Airframe hours
- 409
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-J3A5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Fabmark, Incorporated
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 21, 1983 · 133 hours before
- Departed
- RNO · Reno, NV
- Destination
- HIO · Hillsboro, OR
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- HIO · Hillsboro, runway 12, 6,600 × 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,740 total · 40 in this make and model · 2,740 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 900 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HIO, 7 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.