Piper PA-28-161 N28767

Summary

On 25 January 1994 at about 21:30 local time, a Piper PA-28-161 registered N28767, operated by Aero-Tech Services, was involved in an accident near Bethel, Pennsylvania, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

25 January 1994 at 21:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Bethel, Pennsylvania, United States

Coordinates

40.4693, -76.2896

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-161

Registration

N28767

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Aero-Tech Services

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Smoketown → Bloomsburg

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

BFO94FA034

1 person died.

the pilot attempting visual flight rules (VFR) flight into instrument meteorological conditions and the pilot not maintaining clearance from objects/terrain.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

WHILE ON A VFR FLIGHT, THE PILOT ENCOUNTERED INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED A MOUNTAIN TOP AT 1,630 FEET MEAN SEA LEVEL. ACCORDING TO A CO-WORKER WHO WAS FLYING ANOTHER AIRPLANE ON THE SAME ROUTE AND AT THE SAME TIME, THE PILOT OF THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE STATED OVER THE RADIO THAT HE WAS GOING TO DESCEND TO 1,700 FEET MEAN SEA LEVEL. THAT WAS THE LAST TRANSMISSION THE CO-WORKER RECEIVED FROM THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE PILOT. POST ACCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE AIRFRAME AND ENGINE DID NOT REVEAL ANY ANOMALIES.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.