Piper PA-32-300 accident near Flagstaff, AZ
On November 18, 1994, a Piper PA-32-300 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Flagstaff, AZ. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- November 18, 1994
- Place
- Flagstaff, AZ
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-32-300 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 35.230°N, 111.721°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001206X02614
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On November 18, 1994, about 1058 mountain standard time (mst), a Piper PA-32-300, N4108R, operated by the pilot, collided with mountainous terrain after the pilot received an air traffic control clearance to perform an instrument approach to the Flagstaff Pulliam Airport, Flagstaff, Arizona. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the airport. The business flight originated from the Grand Canyon Airport, Arizona, at 0958. The airplane was destroyed and the instrument-rated private pilot and passenger were fatally injured. At 0809 on the morning of November 18, the pilot telephoned the Prescott Flight Service Station (FSS) and requested a weather briefing from Grand Canyon, Arizona, to Wichita, Kansas. The pilot indicated that his route of flight would, in part, include flying over Flagstaff and Winslow, Arizona. The pilot indicated he planned to depart from the Grand Canyon in about 4 hours (about 1209 mst). FSS personnel provided the pilot with a weather briefing. In pertinent part, the FSS personnel informed the pilot that if he departed in 4 hours, the forecast indicated he would be following right behind one front and be ahead of another. The FSS personnel indicated that flight precautions were forecasting icing in clouds below 16,000 feet near the pilot's route of flight over northern Arizona, which also included the area eastward to Winslow. In addition, a deepening pressure gradient was forecast ahead of the approaching front. At 0839, the pilot filed an instrument flight plan to Albuquerque with a proposed departure time of 0939. The requ
Probable cause
the pilot's intentional flight into known adverse weather conditions, his misjudged evaluation of the weather, and his inexperience in actual instrument flying.
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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.
