Aviation Crash Map

Piper PA-28-180 N7304W

22 July 1982 · Hartsburg, Illinois, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 22 July 1982 at about 17:30 local time, a Piper PA-28-180 registered N7304W, operated by Dean A. Hendryx, was involved in an accident near Hartsburg, Illinois, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 17:30
Classification
Accident
Location
Hartsburg, Illinois, United States
Coordinates
40.2496, -89.4408
Aircraft
Piper PA-28-180
Registration
N7304W
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Dean A. Hendryx
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Hot Springs → Mt. Hawley
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
CHI82FA266

People

2 people died.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 2 0 0 0

Probable cause

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

AT 1223 CDT THE PLT CONTACTED PEORIA APPROACH CONTROL & REQUESTED RADAR VECTORS TO THE MT.HAWLEY ARPT LOCATED JUST NORTHOF THE PEORIA ARPT. AT 1227 CDT HE STATED THE WEATHER WAS GETTING BAD & HE WOULD LIKE TO FLY TO THE LOGAN COUNTY ARPT. ONE WITNESS STATED THE ACFT ENTERED A SMALL DARK CLOUD & WHEN IT CAME OUT IT WAS IN AN APPROXIMATE 60 DEG DIVE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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