ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 214901
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| Date: | Friday 31 August 2018 |
| Time: | 07:56 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28R-180 Cherokee Arrow |
| Owner/operator: | Space City Aviators |
| Registration: | N7430J |
| MSN: | 28R-30774 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3980 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-360-B1E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Vermillion Parish, near Kaplan, LA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Abbeville, LA (KIYA) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airline transport pilot and his daughter departed in day visual meteorological conditions with the morning sun located behind the airplane. About 10 minutes after takeoff, the airplane impacted a charted, 1,793-ft-tall television/radio tower about 200 ft below the apex of the tower. Examination of the airframe and engine revealed no evidence of mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation. The pilot and his wife were in the process of divorce. The pilot's wife was very concerned after the pilot and her daughter departed without notice several weeks before the accident. The pilot had become unresponsive to phone calls from his work supervisor and had been making unauthorized purchases with his work credit card before the accident. On the day before the accident, the pilot's attorney informed the pilot that a warrant had been issued for his arrest.
A direct course from the departure airport to the pilot's home airport was over 5 miles south of the tower. Although a surveillance video and witness statements indicated that the tower's lighting was erratic, the tower was adequately lit, and the visibility of the tower was not a factor in the accident.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a charted and illuminated television/radio tower.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N7430J
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Images:
Photo: NTSB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Aug-2018 15:16 | gerard57 | Added |
| 31-Aug-2018 16:53 | Geno | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Aug-2018 19:15 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Source] |
| 31-Aug-2018 20:15 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 31-Aug-2018 20:22 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 31-Aug-2018 21:10 | Geno | Updated [Operator, Source, Embed code] |
| 31-Aug-2018 21:13 | Geno | Updated [Source] |
| 08-Sep-2018 16:14 | Captain Adam | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source] |
| 13-Jan-2019 21:33 | BEAVERSPOTTER | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 22-Apr-2020 16:59 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
| 22-Apr-2020 17:16 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Photo, Accident report, ] |
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