Piper PA-28-140 N6848W

Summary

On 24 May 1986 at about 15:30 local time, a Piper PA-28-140 registered N6848W, operated by Quade's Flight School, was involved in an accident near Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

24 May 1986 at 15:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States

Nearest airport

Pittsfield Municipal (PSF)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-140

Registration

N6848W

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Quade's Flight School

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Montgomery → Hudson

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC86LA134

1 person was seriously injured.

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 STUDENT PILOT ON A SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT IN A PIPER CHEROKEE PA-28-140 BECAME LOST AND ATTEMPTED A LANDING AT ANOTHER AIRPORT. THE WEATHER WAS 500 FT BROKEN, 1000 FT OVERCAST. VISIBILITY 8 MILES AND RAIN SHOWERS. ON HIS FIRST APPROACH, THE AIRCRAFT WAS HIGH AND DID NOT TOUCH DOWN. HE MADE A GO-AROUND. IN THE GO-AROUND, HE STARTED A TURN TO THE RIGHT, AND WAS THEN OBSERVED TO STALL. ROLL ON HIS BACK TO THE RIGHT AND FALL DOWNWARD INTO THE WOODS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY THE IMPACT AND THE PILOT RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.