Piper 28-236 N2157A

Summary

On 7 September 1982 at about 01:10 local time, a Piper 28-236 registered N2157A, operated by Smittzer Gram Co., was involved in an accident near Liscomb, Iowa, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

7 September 1982 at 01:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Liscomb, Iowa, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper 28-236

Registration

N2157A

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Smittzer Gram Co.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Guttenberg → Marshalltown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

Light

Dawn

NTSB number

MKC82FCD10

2 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

N2157A DEPARTED ON A VFR FLIGHT TO MARSHALLTOWN, IA. THERE IS NO RECORD OF A PILOT WEATHER BRIEFING PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. THE REPORTED WEATHER AT WATERLOO AIRPORT AT THE APPROXIMATE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS: MEASURED CEILING 600 FOOT OVERCAST, VISIBILITY ONE AND ONE-HALF MILES, LIGHT DRIZZLE AND FOG. THE PILOT HELD A PRIVATE CERTIFICATE WITH NO INSTRUMENT RATING. RECORD OF THE LAST BIENNIAL FLIGHT REVIEW INDICATES THAT IT WAS ACCOMPLISHED IN 1979. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.