Piper PA-38-112 N123JY

Summary

On 5 December 1987 at about 04:30 local time, a Piper PA-38-112 registered N123JY was involved in an accident near Dunsmuir, California, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

5 December 1987 at 04:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Dunsmuir, California, United States

Coordinates

41.1908, -122.2608

Aircraft

Piper PA-38-112

Registration

N123JY

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Medford → Redding

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Bright

NTSB number

LAX88LA066

1 person had minor injuries.

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

A PIPER PA-38-112 COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN WHILE ON A NIGHT VFR CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT. NIGHT INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PILOT RECEIVED A WEATHER BRIEFING PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. HIS DESTINATION WEATHER WAS MARGINAL AND HE DID NOT UPDATE HIS WEATHER BRIEFING ENROUTE. THE PILOT WAS FLYING DOWN A VALLEY AT AN ALTITUDE OF 6,500 FEET MSL FOLLOWING AN INTERSTATE UNDER AN OVERCAST CEILING WHICH THE PILOT REPORTED AT 7,500 FEET MSL. THE PILOT INDICATED HE ENCOUNTERED STRONG WINDS AND TURBULENCE. HE THEN FLEW INTO CLOUDS LOST ALTITUDE AND CRASHED INTO TREES.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.