Piper PA-28R-200 N5369T

Summary

On 26 December 1982 at about 16:35 local time, a Piper PA-28R-200 registered N5369T, operated by Lyndon Payne/Daniel Williams/O, was involved in an accident near Henderson, Louisiana, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

26 December 1982 at 16:35

Classification

Accident

Location

Henderson, Louisiana, United States

Coordinates

30.2703, -91.8991

Aircraft

Piper PA-28R-200

Registration

N5369T

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Lyndon Payne/Daniel Williams/O

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Beaumont, → Covington

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW83FRD01

3 people 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

THE PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS WERE ON A FLIGHT FROM BEAUMONT, TX TO COVINGTON, LA. THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT DEPARTED ON A SPECIAL VFR CLEARANCE. AT THAT TIME, THE WEATHER AT BEAUMONT WAS 300 FT OVERCAST, VISIBILITY 12 MI. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS ABOUT 10 MI NORTHEAST, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS AT 1400 FT MSL. AFTER THAT, NO FURTHER TRANSMISSIONS WERE RECEIVED. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO PENETRATE A LINE OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS NEAR HENDERSON, LA. WHILE IN THAT VICINITY, THE PLANE COLLIDED WITH A LINE OF TREES ABOUT 50 FT AGL, THEN IMPACTED THE GROUND ABOUT 60 FT BEYOND. AN INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED NO PREIMPACT MALFUNCTION. A WITNESS HEARD THE ENGINE OPERATING BEFORE IMPACT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.