Piper PA-28-235 N41664

Summary

On 22 January 1982 at about 01:28 local time, a Piper PA-28-235 registered N41664, operated by Great Western A/C Sales, was involved in an accident near 10NM N. of McNa, Arizona, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

22 January 1982 at 01:28

Classification

Accident

Location

10NM N. of McNa, Arizona, United States

Coordinates

34.0599, -109.6992

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-235

Registration

N41664

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Great Western A/C Sales

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Borger → Phoenix

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

LAX82FA050

1 person died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

WHILE ON A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT THE PILOT FLEW INTO WEATHER WHICH INCLUDED SEVERE TO MODERATE ICING CONDITIONS. ALTHOUGH THE WEATHER WAS FORECAST FOR THE INTENDED ROUTE OF FLIGHT IN A SIGMET IT WAS NOT PROVIDED TO THE PILOT DURING THE INITIAL WEATHER BRIEFING. THE PILOT WAS HOWEVER, AFFORDED OPPORTUNITIES BY ATC WHILE EN ROUTE TO CHANGE HIS DESTINATION AND LAND EN ROUTE. HE ELECTED TO CONTINUE AS PLANNED, ENCOUNTERED ICING AND CRASHED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.