- Date
- April 10, 1986, 10:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Hall, ID
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N82238Piper PA-32-301T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860410010769A
- Case key
- 40279
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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
Radar track showed acft made normal climb on course from airport (elev 4488 ft MSL) to 9400 ft. MSL, then executed a left turn of about 90 degrees, climbing to 9700 ft MSL as shown by next-to-last radar tgt. 29 secs later, final radar tgt showed 6900 ft MSL. Witnesses sighted acft spinning with pieces coming off before striking ground. Weather study indicated convective clouds in area from 2000 ft to 10000 ft MSL. Investigation revealed rt wing and empennage separated in aerodynamic overload failure mode. Max design maneuvering speed calculated to be 123 knots at existing acft weight. Circumstances indicate plt lost control of acft while maneuvering to avoid/reverse course out of clouds, overstressed airframe during recovery attempt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N82238
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-301T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-8024025
- Airframe hours
- 807
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540-S1AD, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lonny Van Orden
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 16, 1985 · 34 hours before
- Departed
- U02 · Blackfoot, ID
- Destination
- SLC · Salt Lake City, UT
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 366 total · 182 in this make and model · 277 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PIH, 14 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.