Piper PA-28-236 accident near York, SC
On January 19, 1995, a Piper PA-28-236 (airplane) was involved in an accident near York, SC. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- January 19, 1995
- Place
- York, SC
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-28-236 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 34.991°N, 81.230°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001207X02892
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On January 19, 1995, about 1332 eastern standard time, a Piper PA-28-236, N8423B, registered to ACJ Aviation, Inc., crashed near York, South Carolina, shortly after takeoff from the Bryant Field, Rock Hill, South Carolina, while on a 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and an IFR flight plan was filed. The airplane was destroyed and the private noninstrument-rated pilot and one passenger were fatally injured. The flight originated about 1328. About 1136.57, an individual using the registration number of the accident airplane contacted the Anderson, South Carolina, Automated Flight Service Station (AFSS) via telephone and requested a standard weather briefing. The proposed flight was from the Rock Hill Airport, Rock Hill, South Carolina to the Washington County Airport, Washington, Pennsylvania. The briefer advised the individual in part of the flight precaution for IFR along that entire route and also for mountain obscuration. The individual was also advised that at the Charlotte/Douglas International Airport located about 15 nautical miles and 028 degrees from the departure airport, the ceiling and visibility were measured 500 feet overcast 4 miles light drizzle. The forecast ceiling and visibility at the Charlotte/Douglas International Airport at the estimated time of departure was 500 feet overcast with unrestricted visibilities with occasional 3 miles with light rain and fog. The individual asked the briefer for reports of the tops of the clouds and he was advised that earlier the tops were 4,000 t
Probable cause
THE NONINSTRUMENT-RATED PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE DUE TO SPATIAL DISORIENTATION WHILE CONDUCTING FLIGHT IN INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC). A FACTOR RELATING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS: FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO FOLLOW PROCEDURES/DIRECTIVES BY CONDUCTING FLIGHT IN IMC WHEN HE LACKED TRAINING/QUALIFICATION FOR FLIGHT IN INSTRUMENT 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.
