- Date
- March 15, 1984, 15:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Humphrey, ID
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N29033Piper PA-28RT-201T
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840315005849A
- Case key
- 39798
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While on a x-country flt, the acft entered an area of rising terrain & blowing snow & the plt initiated a turn to reverse direction. During the turn, he encountered reduced visibility & the acft collided with the top of a knoll on snow covered rolling terrain. The acft traveled about 400 ft after impact, shedding the eng & wings & came to rest on its right side.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29033
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28RT-201T (PA-28RT-20)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R7931190
- Airframe hours
- 556
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jay L. Schnitker
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 18, 1983 · 156 hours before
- Departed
- 4U9 · Dill, MT
- Destination
- IDA · Idaho Falls, ID
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
- 47
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 885 total · 516 in this make and model · 731 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Temperature
- 25 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MQM, 5 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.