Piper PA-44-180 accident near Cave Junction, OR
On January 2, 2004, a Piper PA-44-180 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Cave Junction, OR. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- January 2, 2004
- Place
- Cave Junction, OR
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-44-180 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 3 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 42.094°N, 123.682°W
- NTSB ID
- 20040108X00041
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On January 1, 2004, at 1832 Pacific standard time, a Piper PA-44-180, N53505, registered to a limited liability corporation, being operated by Auburn Flight Service, Inc., and being flown by two commercial pilots, accompanied by an airline transport rated passenger and a non-rated passenger, sustained substantial damage during an in-flight collision with trees/terrain while attempting an emergency landing at the Illinois Valley airport, Cave Junction, Oregon (3S4) following a partial loss of power in both engines while in cruise. The left seat pilot and both passengers suffered serious injuries and the right seat pilot was fatally injured. Instrument meteorological conditions existed at the accident site and an IFR flight plan had been filed and activated. The aircraft departed Oakland International airport, Oakland, California, at 1612 on the afternoon of the accident and was destined for North Bend, Oregon. The flight, which was personal, was operated under 14 CFR 91. At 1539:48 the pilot who would occupy the right seat of the aircraft on the return flight from Oakland called Oakland Flight Service via telephone and filed a flight plan from Oakland to North Bend requesting a standard weather briefing for the route of flight. He was advised of the en route weather including "...widespread moderate to heavy rain across the routes, air mass is moist and cool, AIRMETS [Airman's Meteorological information] for icing above uh freezing level to eighteen thousand...." At 1601:56 the right seat pilot obtained the IFR clearance to North Bend and at 1609:06 he decl
Probable cause
Both the pilot-in-command and the co-pilot allowing the aircraft to enter into an area of adverse weather (icing conditions at low [-20 degrees C] temperatures) resulting in sequential induction icing, induction filter blockage, carburetor icing and the subsequent partial loss of power in both engines followed by tree impact and collision with terrain during an emergency descent/approach. Contribu
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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.
