Piper PA-24-260 accident near Statesville, NC
On June 6, 1998, a Piper PA-24-260 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Statesville, NC. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- June 6, 1998
- Place
- Statesville, NC
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-24-260 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 35.780°N, 80.880°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001211X10377
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On June 6, 1998, about 1400 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-24-260, Guatemalan Registration TG-HUH, experienced an in-flight loss of control and collided with terrain near Statesville, North Carolina. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight. The airplane was destroyed and the private-rated pilot and commercial-rated passenger were fatally injured. The flight originated about 1335, from the Goose Creek Airport, Indian Trail, North Carolina. The airplane departed under the provisions of visual flight rules for the purpose of flying to the Shiflet Field Airport, located in Marion, North Carolina, to pick up an individual and return to the Goose Creek Airport. A witness located about 1,300 feet and 240 degrees from where the airplane had in fact crashed, reported hearing an airplane fly low over or very close to her house flying either southeast bound or northwest bound. During this time the engine was sputtering. She then heard the engine rev up "high", associated with accelerating. She then heard and felt an impact in the form of rattled windows. At the time of the impact which was just before 1400 hours, it was "pouring down rain", and fog obscured the top of a 40-foot-tall tree in her yard. She and her husband drove from their house to a residence near where the airplane had in fact crashed, but were turned away by dogs. They then drove to the house of the Chief of Police for Troutman, and notified him of what she heard; he then immediately notified Emergency Communica
Probable cause
The pilot's attempted flight into adverse weather, resulting in a loss of control in flight. Contributing factors were the pilot's failure to obtain updated weather information, rain, 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.
