ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 242704
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| Date: | Sunday 20 September 2020 |
| Time: | 10:57 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-32-301 Saratoga |
| Owner/operator: | Glenndale LLC |
| Registration: | N8213X |
| MSN: | 32-8006051 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4363 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-540 SER |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Glenndale Airport (8I3), Kokomo, IN -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Glenndale Airport, IN (8I3) |
| Glenndale Airport, IN (8I3) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airplane owner reported that the accident pilot had volunteered to fly the airplane in support of a charity fundraising event. It was the pilot’s first flight of the day. The accident pilot was a local pilot and had flown the airplane for the event the entire day prior with no issues, so he was familiar with the airport’s approach. A witness reported that the airplane appeared low on the approach. He noted the flaps were extended and the engine was running. Then the airplane’s nose-gear and the right main landing gear “clipped” a utility pole. The airplane subsequently impacted in a cornfield and immediately caught fire. The witness added that it did not appear the airplane tried to climb to avoid the power lines before striking the utility pole.
The airplane struck the tops of a 79 ft wood power pole and a 61 ft wood dual pole utility tower on the approach to runway 18 about 875 ft north of the approach end of runway. A postaccident examination of the airplane revealed no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The accident is consistent with the pilot’s failure to see the utility poles while on the approach.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s inadequate visual lookout, which resulted in a collision with a utility pole and the subsequent collision with terrain.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.wrtv.com/news/local-news/howard-county/kokomo/plane-crash-reported-southwest-of-kokomo
http://kokomoperspective.com/kp/three-die-in-crash-during-glenndale-days/article_9707753e-fb66-11ea-bfba-179b4c0e4179.html
NTSB
https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=8213X
https://myflightbook.com/logbook/public/ViewPic.aspx?r=Aircraft&k=80585&t=t_2017031820400813-1321576_.jpg (photo)
Location
Images:
Photos: NTSB
Media:
NTSB is investigating the September 20, 2020 crash in Kokomo, IN involving a Piper PA-32. The NTSB is not traveling to the scene of the crash at this time.
— NTSB_Newsroom (@NTSB_Newsroom) September 20, 2020
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Sep-2020 16:39 | gerard57 | Added |
| 20-Sep-2020 17:36 | RobertMB | Updated [Source] |
| 20-Sep-2020 18:13 | Captain Adam | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Sep-2020 18:13 | gerard57 | Updated [Phase, Narrative] |
| 20-Sep-2020 18:14 | Captain Adam | Updated [Location, Phase, Narrative] |
| 20-Sep-2020 18:52 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 21-Sep-2020 23:55 | Captain Adam | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Destination airport, Source] |
| 21-Sep-2020 23:56 | Captain Adam | Updated [Source] |
| 22-Sep-2020 02:06 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Sep-2020 16:29 | Captain Adam | Updated [Narrative] |
| 22-Sep-2020 17:11 | RobertMB | Updated [Narrative] |
| 22-Sep-2020 18:37 | Captain Adam | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 23-Sep-2020 05:20 | RobertMB | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 23-Sep-2020 14:30 | Anon. | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 29-Jun-2022 12:07 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report, Photo] |
| 29-Jun-2022 12:07 | Captain Adam | Updated [Photo] |
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