Piper PA-32R-300 N8069C

Summary

On 23 April 1985 at about 03:18 local time, a Piper PA-32R-300 registered N8069C, operated by Paul A. Shimmon, was involved in an accident near Dundee, Mississippi, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

23 April 1985 at 03:18

Classification

Accident

Location

Dundee, Mississippi, United States

Coordinates

34.5102, -90.4497

Aircraft

Piper PA-32R-300

Registration

N8069C

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Paul A. Shimmon

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Jackson → Grandview

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

ATL85FA146

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

PLT OBTAINED THREE PREFLIGHT WX BRIEFINGS THEN FILED IFR USING AN ASSUMED NAME. ROUTINE COMMUNICATIONS UNTIL 2117 CST WHEN PILOT REPORTED IN A CELL AND SAID HE WANTED TO MAKE A 180 DEGREE TURN. CLEARED FOR RIGHT TURN. RADAR AND COMM CONTACT WITH AIRCRAFT LOST AS PLT INITIATED TURN. WITNESSES HEARD SEVERAL LOUD ENGINES SURGES FOLLOWED BY SOUND OF IMPACT DURING INTENSE THUNDERSTORM. ACFT BROKE UP IN FLIGHT SCATTERING WRECKAGE OVER 3/4 MILE PATH. NO EVIDENCE OF PREVIOUS MATERIAL DEFECT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.