Piper PA-28RT-201 N2894S

Summary

On 20 November 1984 at about 04:43 local time, a Piper PA-28RT-201 registered N2894S was involved in an accident near Cozad, Nebraska, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

20 November 1984 at 04:43

Classification

Accident

Location

Cozad, Nebraska, United States

Coordinates

40.8598, -99.9800

Aircraft

Piper PA-28RT-201

Registration

N2894S

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lincoln → North Platte

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

MKC85FA024

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

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION LINE WHILE ON A BUSINESS FLT. INVESTIGATION REVALED IMC EXISTED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, THE PLT DID NOT FILE A FLT PLAN, THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF A WX BRIEFING AND THERE WERE NO KNOWN COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE ACFT. THE CABLE WAS STRUCK AT APRX 106 FT ABOVE ROLLING TERRAIN. NO MALFUNCTIONS OF THE ACFT OR IMPAIRMENT OF THE PLT WAS FOUND DURING THE INVESTIGATION.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.