Piper PA-28 N2314F

Summary

On 21 May 1982 at about 21:20 local time, a Piper PA-28 registered N2314F, operated by William C. Howell, was involved in an accident near Harrisburg, Illinois, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

21 May 1982 at 21:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Harrisburg, Illinois, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-28

Registration

N2314F

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

William C. Howell

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Danville → Elizabethtown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI82DA180

Nobody was injured.

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

DURING A WEATHER BRIEFING, THE PILOT WAS ADVISED THAT THERE WERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA OF HIS DESTINATION AT ABOUT 1415 CDT, HE DEPARTED FOR A TWO HOUR FLIGHT. AFTER FLYING OVER WEATHER MOST OF THE WAY AND OVERFLYING AN AIRPORT (HULMAN REGIONAL), HE CONTINUED ON WITH WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT FORCED COURSE AND ALTITUDE DEVIATIONS TO REMAIN VFR. THE PILOT STATED THAT BOTH RADIOS AND ONE VOR/ILS BECAME INOPERATIVE AT ABOUT 1550 CDT. A SHORT TIME LATER, HE SAW WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS AN AIRPORT, BUT WAS ACTUALLY A DRAG STRIP WITH OBSTRUCTIONS. HE ELECTED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. WHILE LANDING BETWEEN PYLONS AND LIGHT POLES, THE PILOT DID NOT SEE A DRAG STRIP TIMER THAT WAS MOUNTED ON A 4 FT POLE AND WAS IN HIS LANDING PATHWAY. THE LEFT WING STRUCK THE TIMER POLE, THEN VEERED AND COLLIDED WITH A LIGHT POLE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.