ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 36481
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Date: | Friday 2 March 1984 |
Time: | 19:00 |
Type: | Piper PA-28-181 |
Owner/operator: | Frank Brickey |
Registration: | N2868D |
MSN: | 28-7990507 |
Total airframe hrs: | 875 hours |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Lewiston, ID -
United States of America
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Vancouver, WA (60S) |
Destination airport: | Lewiston, ID (LWS) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE ACFT CRASHED IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN WHILE THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PLT WAS ON A FLT IN MARGINAL WX CONDITIONS. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE ACFT HAD IMPACTED IN A STEEP NOSE DOWN, HIGH SPEED DESCENT. NO PREIMPACT/MECHANICAL PROBLEM WAS FOUND. ABOUT 31 MI EAST AT LEWISTON, ID, THE WX WAS 2500 FT BROKEN, 4000 FT OVERCAST, VISIBILITY 15 MI. THE ELEVATION OF THE WX STATION WAS 1438 FT & THE ELEVATION OF THE CRASH SITE WAS ABOUT 4800 FT. ABOUT 3 MI WEST AT CAMP WOOTEN STATE PARK (ELEVATION 2000 FT), RAIN BEGAN BEFORE DARK (1700 PST) & CONTINUED THRU THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, CHANGING TO LARGE HAIL & SNOW AT ABOUT 2000 PST. MOUNTAIN TOPS WERE OBSCURED IN CLOUDS THRU-OUT THIS TIME. CAUSE:
Sources:
NTSB:
https://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001214X39171 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Oct-2008 10:30 |
ASN archive |
Added |
21-Dec-2016 19:23 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
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