Piper PA-44-180 N2161N

Summary

On 19 November 1982 at about 09:03 local time, a Piper PA-44-180 registered N2161N, operated by Brack, Frank & Associates, was involved in an accident near McCutchanville, Indiana, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

19 November 1982 at 09:03

Classification

Accident

Location

McCutchanville, Indiana, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-44-180

Registration

N2161N

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Brack, Frank & Associates

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Evansville → East St. Louis

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

CHI83FA042

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 ABOUT 0401 EST, THE PILOT TOOK OFF ON AN IFR FLIGHT AND WAS CLEARED TO CLIMB AND MAINTAIN 6000 FT MSL. RADAR CONTACT WAS ESTABLISHED AT ABOUT 0402. AFTER ABOUT ANOTHER 30 SECONDS, RADAR CONTACT WAS LOST. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED ABOUT 3 TO 4 MI FROM THE DEPARTURE RUNWAY IN A STEEP NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE, AN EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE AND STRUCTURE WERE MADE, BUT NO PREIMPACT/MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS OR FAILURES WERE FOUND. SEVERAL WITNESSES REPORTED THAT THE ENGINES WERE OPERATING AT HIGH POWER UNTIL IMPACT. THE TOTAL CARGO LOAD (BAGS AND BOXES) WAS ESTIMATED TO BE 399 LBS. NO CARGO NET WAS FOUND IN THE WRECKAGE, BUT SEVERAL TIEDOWN ROPES WERE FOUND. THE POSSIBILITY OF THE CARGO SHIFTING WAS CONSIDERED, BUT WAS NOT DETERMINED. IF THE CARGO HAD SHIFTEDFULL AFT DURING THE CLIMB, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ONLY ABOUT .5% BEHIND THE AFT CG LIMIT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.