Piper PA-28-180 accident near Boulder City, NV
On August 12, 2001, a Piper PA-28-180 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Boulder City, NV. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- August 12, 2001
- Place
- Boulder City, NV
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-28-180 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 35.950°N, 114.850°W
- NTSB ID
- 20010821X01746
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On August 12, 2001, at 0003 Pacific daylight time, a Piper PA-28-180, N8098W, collided with power lines and poles 1 mile east of the runway 27 approach end at the Boulder City, Nevada, airport. The airplane was owned and operated by the pilot under 14 CFR Part 91 of the Federal Aviation Regulations. The airplane was destroyed in the collision sequence and postcrash fire. The instrument rated private pilot and one passenger sustained fatal injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the personal flight that is believed to have originated at an undetermined time from the Bullhead City, Arizona, airport. An individual who identified herself as the girlfriend of the passenger was contacted and interviewed by telephone. She reported that both her and the passenger were friends with the pilot. The pilot had invited them to go on flights previously, however, their schedules and his had never allowed them to accept his invitation. She stated that she was back east on a business trip when the accident happened; however, had come to find out from other friends that the pilot and passenger had dinner together at a local Boulder City restaurant the night of the accident. The friends reported that the two had consumed alcoholic beverages during dinner. Following dinner, the pair walked to a nearby park to join an outdoor party, where they were observed to consume other alcoholic beverages. She said she knows that the two returned to her apartment sometime after that because the passenger had left some personal possessions there
Probable cause
the pilot's failure to maintain an adequate terrain and obstruction clearance altitude while maneuvering in a non-standard visual approach to land. The pilot's misjudgment of his altitude and distance from the airport was due to impairment by alcohol. Factors in the accident were the dark nighttime lighting conditions and the visual perception difficulty created by a lack of ground reference light
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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.
