- Date
- June 4, 1984, 10:11 local (17:11 UTC)
- Place
- North Bend, OR
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1067UPiper PA-34-200
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840604071409A
- Case key
- 39807
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft was cleared for an ILS rwy 4 apch while 9 miles north of oth (North Bend) VOR. Instructions were given to cross oth VOR at or above 3700 ft MSL. 14 min later, the plt reported to North Bend fss 'my needle doesn't seem to be moving on my localizer here uh you know my location.' Indications of nav/com difficulties continued. Acft was clearedby ARTCC to descend from 5000 ft to 3000 ft heading 360 degs while 11 miles sw of arpt. After a heading change to 035 deg, the plt stated 'I got it centered now'. At the outer marker he said 'I'm a little higher two thousand I'll try to get down.' Arpx 2 min later, the plt reported an alt of 800 ft. the acft crashed in a hilly wooded area aprx 3 mi nne of the arpt. A chief plt & an FAA examiner reported the plt's IFR performance was unsatisfactory in a part 135 checkride. According to another plt and maintenance records, N1067U had a history of discrepancies with the nav equip. A company plt stated the company put pressure on the plts to fly acft which sometimes were not airworthy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1067U
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 347250054
- Airframe hours
- 4,950
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1E6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Aero Sport
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 12, 1984 · 149 hours before
- Departed
- 60S · Vancouver, WA
- Destination
- OTH
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- OTH · North Bend Municipal, runway 4, 4,613 × 150 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,305 total · 22 in this make and model · 1,960 as pilot in command · 167 in the last 90 days · 76 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 600 ft broken
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OTH, 3 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.
Other investigations on N1067U · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.