Piper PA-30 accident near Selmer, TN
On October 24, 2008, a Piper PA-30 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Selmer, TN. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- October 24, 2008
- Place
- Selmer, TN
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-30 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 35.122°N, 88.605°W
- NTSB ID
- 20081024X62158
Official records · ERA09FA027
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On October 23, 2008, about 2134 central daylight time, a Piper PA-30, N7510Y, registered to and operated by a private individual, crashed in a corn field near Selmer, Tennessee. Night instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the 14 Code of Federal (CFR) Part 91 personal flight from Searcy Municipal Airport (SRC), Searcy, Arkansas, to Roscoe Turner Airport (CRX), Corinth, Mississippi. The airplane was substantially damaged by impact and the certificated private pilot was killed. The time of departure from SRC was estimated to be between 1835 and 1845. There was no record of any weather briefing with Lockheed Martin Automated Flight Service Station (LM AFSS) or either Direct User Access Terminal (DUAT) vendor for the intended flight. Additionally, there was no record of contact with any Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) air traffic control (ATC) facility during the flight. According to a fuel receipt, the pilot purchased fuel at Durango-La Plata County Airport (DRO), Durango, Colorado, at 1208 local time. The airplane later arrived at Hutchinson County Airport (BGD), Borger, Texas, and while there, all four fuel tanks were filled. According to the refueler, he recognized the airplane from a week earlier, when the airplane arrived with a landing gear problem. He asked the pilot if the landing gear was working properly and the pilot responded, "yes." He then asked the pilot about the en route weather, and the pilot stated that, "…it was not too good, but that he had radar. He then departed at about 4:00 p.m." Th
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to avoid terrain during night instrument meteorological conditions.
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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.
