Piper PA-23-250 accident near Jennings, LA
On August 31, 1996, a Piper PA-23-250 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Jennings, LA. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- August 31, 1996
- Place
- Jennings, LA
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-23-250 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 30.220°N, 92.650°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001208X06485
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT: On August 30, 1996, at 2323 central daylight time, a Piper PA-23-250, N14196, registered to and operated as a public use aircraft by the Jefferson Davis Parish Mosquito Abatement District No. 1, impacted trees while maneuvering near Jennings, Louisiana. The commercial pilot and another crew member were fatally injured and the airplane was destroyed. Dark night visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local aerial application flight and a company VFR flight plan was filed. The flight originated at 2140. During interviews, conducted by the investigator-in-charge, and on the enclosed statements, company pilots reported the following information. Rain showers occurred from 1800 through 2040 in the evening; however, at the time the flights departed the airport, the visibility was 10 to 15 miles with a ceiling at 1,400 feet AGL to 1,500 feet AGL. All of the flights operated with a single pilot except the multiengine airplane that had a "crew member as an observer to watch the area and to operate the spraying equipment while the pilot flew the airplane." The two single engine airplanes and the multiengine airplane (N14196) departed from runway 31 at the Jennings Airport and each airplane covered a designated area of the city. The pilot of N14196 sprayed his area with east to west swaths and once he had completed those areas, he was spraying the remainder of the load along the eastern edge of the Parish near the Bayou Nepzique. During the flights, the two pilots of the single engine airplanes communicated via their aircraft radios; however, these pilots
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain clearance. Factors were the pilot's lack of recent experience in the make and model of airplane, the dark night, and fog.
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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.
