Piper PA-28-140 N32329

Summary

On 25 March 1982 at about 01:00 local time, a Piper PA-28-140 registered N32329, operated by Jimmy H Spradlin, was involved in an accident near Davenport, Nebraska, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

25 March 1982 at 01:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Davenport, Nebraska, United States

Coordinates

40.3105, -97.8108

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-140

Registration

N32329

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Jimmy H Spradlin

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Sand Springs → Grand Islands

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

MKC82FCJ02

1 person died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

AT 1242 CST, THE PILOT RECEIVED A WEATHER BRIEFING INCLUDING A FORECAST OF MARGINAL VFR CONDITIONS AT THE DESTINATION. BETWEEN 1649 AND 1848 CST, THERE WERE THREE WEATHER REPORTS FROM THE DESTINATION OF CEILINGS BETWEEN 300 AND 500 FT, VISIBILITIES BETWEEN ONE AND TWO MILES WITH RAIN AND/OR SNOW. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE THAT THE PILOT REQUESTED OR RECEIVED ANY WEATHER REPORTS WHILE EN ROUTE. PERSONNEL IN THE AREA OF THE ACCIDENT STATED IT WAS SNOWING, SLEETING, AND RAINING ON THE NIGHT OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PLANE WAS FOUND THE NEXT DAY ABOUT 50 MILES FROM THE DESTINATION, IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION ABOUT 50 FT FROM THE IMPACT POINT ON LEVEL, PLOWED GROUND. THE AIRSPEED INDICATORWAS FOUND STUCK AT 70 KNOTS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.