Piper PA-24-250 accident near Akron, OH
On September 29, 1993, a Piper PA-24-250 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Akron, OH. 3 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- September 29, 1993
- Place
- Akron, OH
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-24-250 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 40.980°N, 81.530°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001211X13323
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On Wednesday, September 29, 1993, at 1630 eastern daylight time, N6489P, a Piper PA-24-250, owned by Aire Austin Inc. of Austin, Minnesota, and piloted by John Pluto of Austin, Minnesota, collided with terrain following an uncontrolled descent at Akron, Ohio. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at Akron, and a flight plan was not filed. The certificated commercial pilot and his two passengers were fatally injured. The airplane was destroyed. The personal flight was conducted under 14 CFR 91, and had originated in Austin, Minnesota. The destination was Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The pilot and passengers were on a VFR (visual flight rules) flight to attend a car show in Hershey, Pennsylvania. He had obtained a weather briefing at Fostoria, Ohio, where he stopped to refuel. According to the briefer, he provided a briefing which indicated rain showers and marginal VFR weather on the pilot's route of flight. He stated that the pilot told him that the tops of the clouds on his flight from Minnesota were 13,000 feet. Radar data obtained from the Cleveland Air Route Traffic Control Center showed the airplane at 17,500 feet and making several turns. The pilot's last transmission to the air traffic controller at Cleveland Center was, "I am at 16,500 feet and in the soup." Radar data recorded at the Federal Aviation Administration's Cleveland Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC) were obtained for the accident aircraft. The radar data provide the latitude, longitude, and altitude of the airplane for approximately 13 minutes in an area west of the Akron Fulto
Probable cause
CONTINUED FLIGHT BY THE PILOT TO AN ALTITUDE THAT WAS NOT APPROPRIATE WITHOUT SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN, WHICH RESULTED IN A LOSS OF AIRCRAFT CONTROL DUE TO HYPOXIA AND SUBSEQUENTLY EXCEEDING THE DESIGN STRESS LIMITS OF THE AIRCRAFT. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS, AND CONTINUED FLIGHT BY THE PILOT INTO KNOWN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
