Piper PA-28-180 N7346W
24 April 1983 · Nome, Alaska, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 24 April 1983 at about 20:07 local time, a Piper PA-28-180 registered N7346W was involved in an accident near Nome, Alaska, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 20:07
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Nome, Alaska, United States
- Nearest airport
- Nome (OME)
- Coordinates
- 64.7100, -164.6199
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-28-180
- Registration
- N7346W
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Nome → Galena
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ANC83FAA06
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
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 1205 BDT, THE PLT REPORTED DEPARTING RWY 20 ON AN IFR FLT. AT THAT TIME, THE BASES OF THE CLOUDS WERE REPORTED TO BE AT APRX 600 TO 700 FT WITH THE TOPS AT 3500 FT & ANOTHER CLOUD LAYER WAS ABOVE THAT. AT APRX 1207, THE ACFT CRASHED ON THE ARPT BOUNDRY, BESIDE THE WEST END OF RWY 9/27. THE IMPACT OCCURRED ON THE SOUTH BANK OF A SNOW COVERED, FROZEN RIVER. THE MAIN WRECKAGE CAME TO REST ON THE NORTH BANK AFTER TRAVELING APRX 300 FT. TWO WITNESSES HEARD WHAT SOUNDED TO THEM AS AEROBATIC MANEUVERS. ONE WITNESS STATED THAT HE SAW THE ACFT JUST BELOW THE BASE OF THE CLOUDS HEADING NORTH. ACCORDING TO HIM, THE ACFT STARTED A 360 DEG RIGHT TURN, MAKING A STEEP DESCENT DURING THE 1ST HALF OF THE TURN, THEN A STEEP CLIMB DURING THE 2ND HALF. HE REPORTED THAT AT THE COMPLETION OF THE TURN, THE ACFT'S NOSE DROPPED & THE ACFT ENTERED A DESCENT & CRASHED. ANOTHER WITNESS SAW THE PLANE DESCENDING BEFORE ITCRASHED. HE THOUGHT THAT IT HAD JUST COME OUT OF THE CLOUDS. VACUUM PUMP/ATTITUDE INDICATOR EXAMED, NO MALFUNCTION FOUND
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Piper PA-28 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 May 1983 | Piper PA-28-180 | Delphi, Indiana, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 24 Aug 1983 | Piper PA-28-140 | Winslow, Arkansas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 4 Jun 1983 | Piper PA-28-140 | Big Lake, Minnesota, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 3 Sep 1983 | Piper PA-28-140 | Belen, New Mexico, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 24 Apr 1983 | Piper PA-28-140 | Lebanon, Oregon, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 11 Oct 1983 | Piper PA-28-181 | Poughkeepsie, New York, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
All 9,402 records for this type
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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