Piper PA-32-300 N44626

Summary

On 22 April 1987 at about 03:21 local time, a Piper PA-32-300 registered N44626, operated by James C. Smith, was involved in an accident near Ogden, Iowa, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

22 April 1987 at 03:21

Classification

Accident

Location

Ogden, Iowa, United States

Coordinates

42.0300, -94.0207

Aircraft

Piper PA-32-300

Registration

N44626

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

James C. Smith

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Ames → Carroll

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

MKC87FA087

2 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 AIRPLANE WAS EQUIPPED FOR IFR FLIGHT. THE PILOT WAS NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. THE PILOT HAD BEEN BRIEFED EARLIER THAT VFR FLIGHT WAS NOT RECOMMENDED. THE PILOT DID NOT UPDATE THE WEATHER FOR THIS FLIGHT. THE FRONT OF THE AIRPLANE WAS BURIED SEVEN FEET IN THE GROUND. AT IMPACT, THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING, THERE WAS ELECTRICAL POWER TO THE CIRCUITS AND THE ROTORS IN THE GYROS WERE OPERATING.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.