Piper PA-28-181 N4513K

Summary

On 17 December 1983 at about 17:12 local time, a Piper PA-28-181 registered N4513K, operated by S & G Flight SVC., Inc., was involved in an accident near Livermore, California, United States. 3 people were on board and one was seriously injured, 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

17 December 1983 at 17:12

Classification

Accident

Location

Livermore, California, United States

Nearest airport

Livermore (LVK)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-181

Registration

N4513K

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

S & G Flight SVC., Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

San Jose → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX84LA098

1 person was seriously injured.

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

DURING ARRIVAL IN IFR CONDITIONS, THE PLT WAS VECTORED FOR AN ILS RWY 25 APCH. AT ABOUT 0909 PST, HE WAS CLEARED FOR THE APCH & INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN 3000 FT UNTIL INTERCEPTING THE LOCALIZER. A SHORT TIME LATER, THE CONTROLLER INSTRUCTED THE PLT TO CONTACT THE TOWER. AT ABOUT THAT TIME, THE CONTROLLER NOTED THAT THE ACFT'S TRANSPONDER REPLY WAS INDICATING ABOUT 1700 FT, APRX 1100 FT BELOW THE MIN ALTITUDE AT THAT POSITION. THE CONTROLLER IMMEDIATELY QUERIED THE PLT CONCERNING HIS ALTITUDE, BUT RECEIVED NO RESPONSE. ACCORDING TO THE PLT, EVERYTHING APPEARED NORMAL UNTIL THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH POWER LINES & CRASHED. HE STATED THAT HE BELIEVED HE HAD BEEN CLEARED TO 2000 FT, THEN AFTER INTERCEPTING THE LOCALIZER, HE 'BEGAN TO DESCEND TO THE GLIDE SLOPE.' AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE ACFT HAD COLLIDED WITH POWER LINES AT AN ELEVATION OF ABOUT 1525 FT. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED NEAR THE OUTER MARKER. THE MIN ALTITUDE AT THE OUTER MARKER WAS 2409 FT. NO PREIMPACT, SYS MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE WAS FOUND.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.