Piper PA-28R-180 N4982J

Summary

On 21 May 1987 at about 07:38 local time, a Piper PA-28R-180 registered N4982J was involved in an accident near Sioux City, Iowa, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

21 May 1987 at 07:38

Classification

Accident

Location

Sioux City, Iowa, United States

Coordinates

42.4996, -96.3902

Aircraft

Piper PA-28R-180

Registration

N4982J

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Sioux City → Sioux Falls

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

MKC87FA106

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 PIC HAD TELEPHONED THE FSS AT HURON, S.D. FOR ENR WX TO SIOUX CITY, IA, FM SIOUX FALLS, S.D., LATE THE EVENING OF MAY 20. THE FCST INDICATED IFR FLT COND'S WITH INTERMITTENT TRSMS ALONG THE RTE THROUGHOUT THE FCST PERIOD. THE PIC DPTD SIOUX FALLS, S.D. AT AN UNK TIME, AND ARR AT SIOUX CITY, IA TO RENDEZVOUS WITH HIS PAX. A SEARCH WAS CONDUCTED OF OFFICIAL COMMUNICATION RECORDS TO ASCERTAIN, IF THE PIC HAD SOUGHT ADD'L WX OBS BEFORE HIS DEPARTURE FM SIOUX CITY, IA. THE SEARCH LOCATED NO SUCH COMMUNICATIONS. WX COND'S AROUND THE TIME OF THE ACC WERE CONSIDERED IMC WITH LT RAIN. THE PIC WAS NOT INSTRUMENT RATED OR EXPERIENCED IN IFR FLT, AND THE DEPARTURE WAS AT NIGHT. THE ACFT IMPACTED LEVEL TERRAIN ABOUT 3 MI NORTHEAST OF THE ARPT IN AN OPEN FLD NEAR AN AREA OF BLUFFS. EXAM OF THE WRECKAGE FAILED TO DISCLOSE ANY PRE-IMPACT MALF OF ENG OR FLT CONTROLS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.