Piper PA-32-260 N9477C

Summary

On 8 February 1986 at about 04:17 local time, a Piper PA-32-260 registered N9477C was involved in an accident near Lynchburg, Virginia, United States. 5 people were on board and 3 died, 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

8 February 1986 at 04:17

Classification

Accident

Location

Lynchburg, Virginia, United States

Nearest airport

Lynchburg Municipal (LYH)

Coordinates

37.3608, -79.2200

Aircraft

Piper PA-32-260

Registration

N9477C

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Elberton → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

BFO86FA015

3 people 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 AIRCRAFT HAD DEPARTED ELBERTON, GEORGIA AT ABOUT 2043 HOURS ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN TO LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA. AFTER FAILING TO DESCEND OUT OF 4000 FEET DURING THE FIRST APPROACH, N9477C WAS VECTORED AROUND FOR A SECOND ILS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 3. SINCE THE TOWER CONTROLLER HAD GONE OFF DUTY THE SEQUENCE FLASHING LIGHTS FOR THAT RUNWAY WERE ACTIVATED BY THE PILOT. WEATHER RECORDING INSTRUMENTS ON THE FIELD INDICATED THAT THEY HAD BEEN ACTIVATED DURING THE FIRST APPROACH BUT HAD GONE OUT 8 MINUTES BEFORE THE ACCIDENT DURING THE TIME THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING VECTORED BACK TO THE ILS LOCALIZER. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED TREES AND THE GROUND JUST SHORT OF AND TO THE LEFT OF THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 3.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.