Piper PA-32R-300 N30TR

Summary

On 31 October 1984 at about 20:20 local time, a Piper PA-32R-300 registered N30TR was involved in an accident near North Freedom, Wisconsin, United States. 2 people were on board and one died, one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

31 October 1984 at 20:20

Classification

Accident

Location

North Freedom, Wisconsin, United States

Nearest airport

Unknown

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-32R-300

Registration

N30TR

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Reedsburg → Madison

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI85FA036

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 AN EARLY MORNING PREDEPARTURE WX BRIEFING THE PILOT WAS ADVISED OF DETERIORATING AFTERNOON WX PILOT FLEW CROSS COUNTRY CONDUCTED BUSINESS AND DEPARTED LATE AFTERNOON WITH NO WX BRIEF NO FLT PLAN DEPARTURE AREA AND DESTINATION BOTH REPORTING IMC WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REMAIN VFR UNDER A RAGGED 600 FT CEILING PILOT ENTERED CLOUDS AND STRUCK TREES ON A RIDGE

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.