Piper PA-28-161 N8249K

Summary

On 25 November 1982 at about 20:45 local time, a Piper PA-28-161 registered N8249K, operated by Sunrise Aviation Enterprises,, was involved in an accident near Man, West Virginia, 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

25 November 1982 at 20:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Man, West Virginia, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-161

Registration

N8249K

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Sunrise Aviation Enterprises,

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Batavia → Taplin

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL83FIJ01

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

A WITNESS REPORTED THAT THE PILOT LANDED ABOUT 2100 FT DOWN THE 2750 FT, TURF RUNWAY, ROLLED SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET, THEN ATTEMPTED TO GO AROUND. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS ABOUT 4 OR 5 FT IN THE AIR, IT HIT SOME TREES WHILE HEADING INTO A RIVER BASIN NEAR THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE LEFT WING HIT A SUSPENSION FOOT BRIDGE AS THE PLANE CROSSED UNDER THE BRIDGE. THE AIRCRAFT THEN CRASHED INTO THE RIVER BANK. AN EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE WAS MADE, BUT NO PREIMPACT MALFUNCTION WAS FOUND. A WITNESS REPORTED THAT THE WIND FAVORED RUNWAY 32. ANOTHER WITNESS WAS IN AN AIRCRAFT GETTING READY TO DEPART ON RUNWAY 32 WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.