Piper PA-31-325 accident near Springboro, OH
On June 19, 1996, a Piper PA-31-325 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Springboro, OH. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- June 19, 1996
- Place
- Springboro, OH
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-31-325 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 39.559°N, 84.230°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001208X06003
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On June 19, 1996, at 0807 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-31-325, N62852, impacted the ground while executing a missed approach after a localizer approach to runway 20 at the Wright Brothers Memorial Airport, Dayton, Ohio. The private pilot/owner, the sole occupant, was fatally injured and the airplane was destroyed. The flight originated at approximately 0700 eastern daylight time from the Andrews University Airpark in Berrien Springs, Michigan. An instrument flight plan had been filed and instrument meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight. The flight was conducted under 14 CFR Part 91. The parents of the private pilot/owner, stated that they drove their son to their home shortly after he arrived at Andrews University Airpark, late in the afternoon on the day prior to the accident. They stated that they stayed up with their son until approximately 0100 on the morning of the accident. The parents stated that their son, who was a doctor, told them that he had to be back in Dayton, Ohio to have new fuel cells installed in the airplane and that he had appointments that morning at his clinic. The private pilot took off at 0700 that morning. Upon his arrival in the local area, the FAA Air Traffic Controller cleared the pilot for a Localizer approach to runway 20 and switched the pilot to the unicom frequency. A witness stated that he was standing at the flight operations desk at the airport and heard the pilot report on the unicom frequency that he was at "TALAC", which is the final approach fix for the Localizer approach to runway 20. The witness
Probable cause
the pilot's impairment of judgment and performance due to drugs which led to spatial disorientation and a loss of aircraft control. The weather was a factor.
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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.
