Piper PA-32R-300 N4909F

Summary

On 20 September 1986 at about 01:15 local time, a Piper PA-32R-300 registered N4909F was involved in an accident near Wisconsin Rapid, Wisconsin, 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 September 1986 at 01:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Wisconsin Rapid, Wisconsin, United States

Nearest airport

Alexander Field (ISW)

Coordinates

44.3409, -89.7303

Aircraft

Piper PA-32R-300

Registration

N4909F

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Sparta → Wisconsin Rapid

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

CHI86FEP09

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

ATC HAD CLEARED THE AIRCRAFT FOR AN APPROACH TO AN AIRPORT WITH SEVERAL NONPRECISION INSTRUMENT APPROACHES AND TO MAINTAIN AN ALTITUDE UNTIL ESTABLISHED ON A SEGMENT OF AN APPROACH TO THAT AIRPORT. SHORTLY AFTER THAT TIME WITNESSES LOCATED 4.5 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE AIRPORT, HEARD THE AIRCRAFT PASS CLOSE BY AND THE SOUNDS OF IMPACT FOLLOWED BY AN EXPLOSION AND FIREBALL. IMC PREVAILED THRUOUT THE GENERAL AREA AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.